how do I test if my Nvid drivers are installed?

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

DO I need to install all 49 of them?

Let me answer that again this way ....

Some Linux engineers who know more about this than you and I, decided that made up a good base development package. Far be it from me to second guess them.

But if you want to second guess them to optimize your install, then you can research each package with a google search, and then via trial and error figure out what works and what does not.

I do NOT have time for that myself.

[Shadowmeph]

ok well all the files I needed are uninstalled I followed the instructions fron "NVIDIA/The hard way"

Installation

If you are in runlevel 5, go to runlevel 3 by typing the following command as root in one of the consoles (which you can access by pressing ctrl-alt-f1 [f1 up to f6])

init 3

Now go to the directory containing the drivers.

cd /usr/share/doc/nvidia

or

cd /the/path/where/you/saved/the/drivers/from/nvidia/website

Now simply type the following and follow instructions

sh NVIDIA-Linux-<arch>-<version>-<build>-<pkg#>.run -q

and but I keep getting this error I found in the logs

ERROR: The kernel header file
'/lib/modules/2.6.27.7-9-default/build/include/linux/kernel.h' does not
exist. The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source path
'/lib/modules/2.6.27.7-9-default/build' is incorrect. Please make sure
you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel and that they
are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure
you have the 'kernel-source' or 'kernel-devel' RPM installed. If you
know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the
kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line option.

I checked in there and it isn't there so what am I missing?

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

I checked in there and it isn't there so what am I missing?

Note the error:

The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source path '/lib/modules/2.6.27.7-9-default/build' is incorrect. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel and that they are properly configured;

So lets check that. What is the output of running in a konsole or a terminal:

rpm -qa | grep kernel

[Shadowmeph]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

ok well all the files I needed are uninstalled I followed the instructions fron "NVIDIA/The hard way"



and but I keep getting this error I found in the logs

I checked in there and it isn't there so what am I missing?

shadowfire@linux-1lnt:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-default-base-2.6.27.7-9.1
kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.7-9.1
kernel-source-2.6.27.23-0.1.1
kernel-default-2.6.27.7-9.1
kernel-syms-2.6.27.23-0.1.1
linux-kernel-headers-2.6.27-2.28
shadowfire@linux-1lnt:~>

[Shadowmeph]

I just noticed that everyone of those has a .1 so they are newer?

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

shadowfire@linux-1lnt:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-default-base-2.6.27.7-9.1
kernel-default-extra-2.6.27.7-9.1
kernel-source-2.6.27.23-0.1.1
kernel-default-2.6.27.7-9.1
kernel-syms-2.6.27.23-0.1.1
linux-kernel-headers-2.6.27-2.28
shadowfire@linux-1lnt:~>

There is your problem!!

Your kernel-source and kernel-syms not the same version as your default kernel. You need kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1 and kernel-syms-2.6.27.7-9.1. Not what you have installed.

If you are going to build a driver to work with your kernel, its logical that you need to use the source code that is the same version as your kernel.

[Shadowmeph]

hmm I just thought that if I chose kernel source it will give me the proper one lol I guess all of the other times I did this I fluked out .

I tried to find those but nothing sjhows up for either of these kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1 and kernel-syms-2.6.27.7-9.1

[Unseen-Ghost]

Hey Shadow,

Try these packages below:

• Kernel Source (2.6.27.7-9.1): i586 or x86_64
• Kernel Syms (2.6.27.7-9.1): i586 or x86_64

Simple run the following commands after downloading the packages:

su -c 'zypper in ./location/kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1.i586.rpm'
su -c 'zypper in ./location/kernel-syms-2.6.27.7-9.1.i586.rpm'

(NOTE: The command above are for the i586 version; edit location to the location of the files)

Enter your root password when prompted and the files will begin installing.

Hope that helps!

PS: Check out RPM Search if you ever need to find RPM packages.

[Shadowmeph]

Originally Posted by Unseen-Ghost

Hey Shadow,

Try these packages below:

• Kernel Source (2.6.27.7-9.1): i586 or x86_64
• Kernel Syms (2.6.27.7-9.1): i586 or x86_64

Simple run the following commands after downloading the packages:

su -c 'zypper in ./location/kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1.i586.rpm'
su -c 'zypper in ./location/kernel-syms-2.6.27.7-9.1.i586.rpm'

(NOTE: The command above are for the i586 version; edit location to the location of the files)

Enter your root password when prompted and the files will begin installing.

Hope that helps!

PS: Check out RPM Search if you ever need to find RPM packages.

yes I googled and found them /downloaded them but couldn't figure out how to install them lol thanks for the help I am installing them right now.

edit hmm getting another error message
"Installing: kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1 [error]
Installation of kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1 failed:
(with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: Replacing file /usr/src/linux-obj with symlink to linux-2.6.27.7-9-obj
rm: cannot remove `/usr/src/linux-obj': Is a directory
error: %post(kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1


Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]:
"

[oldcpu]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

I tried to find those but nothing sjhows up for either of these kernel-source-2.6.27.7-9.1 and kernel-syms-2.6.27.7-9.1

Unseen-Ghost provided a good link with rpmbone. Note that 2.6.27.7-9.1 is the kernel that came with openSUSE-11.1, and hence one simply can go to the OSS repository to find those rpms: Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss/suse