nVidia driver kernel 3.10

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Hello,

I’m not able to build kernel module for nVidia driver. I use driver 304.88 (last available for GeForce 6200) and kernel 3.10.1-2.gd30054a.
Here is part of log file of nvidia installer:

...
   /usr/src/linux-3.10.1-2.gd30054a/include/linux/cpumask.h: In function ‘cpumask_parse’:
   /usr/src/linux-3.10.1-2.gd30054a/include/linux/cpumask.h:603:26: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression -Wsign-compare]
   In file included from /usr/src/linux-3.10.1-2.gd30054a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:539:0,
                    from /usr/src/linux-3.10.1-2.gd30054a/include/linux/poll.h:11,
                    from /tmp/selfgz3057/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.88/kernel/nv-linux.h:111,
                    from /tmp/selfgz3057/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.88/kernel/nv-i2c.c:15:
   /usr/src/linux-3.10.1-2.gd30054a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h: In function ‘copy_from_user’:
   /usr/src/linux-3.10.1-2.gd30054a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:62:6: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions -Wsign-compare]
   /tmp/selfgz3057/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.88/kernel/nv-i2c.c: In function ‘nv_i2c_del_adapter’:
   /tmp/selfgz3057/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.88/kernel/nv-i2c.c:327:14: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be
   make[4]: *** [/tmp/selfgz3057/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.88/kernel/nv-i2c.o] Error 1
   make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz3057/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.88/kernel] Error 2
   make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
   NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
   nvidia.ko failed to build!
   make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
   make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
ERROR: Installation has failed.  Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details.  You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

Thanks for help.

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You need to patch the nvidia driver to be able to install it on kernel 3.10.
See here f.e.: SlackBlogs: NVidia 304.88, VMWare Workstation, and Linux Kernel 3.10

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I’m not able to install the patch:

socool:/home/socool/data/programy/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.88 # patch -p1 < /home/socool/nvidia-linux-3.10.patch 
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch; use --binary to disable.)
patching file trunk/nvidia-linux-3.10.patch
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
patch: **** malformed patch at line 638:
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Seems like you’ve missed some lines.
Try this link to download the patch: https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/patch/trunk/nvidia-linux-3.10.patch?id=787962153c92600e8a6d0756f026e6c9a87e48f8 (right-click on the link and choose “Save as…”)

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Thanks for your help. I have patched the driver and it works corectly.