[TriLUG] nvidia drivers don't work

Joshua Martin dunatis_98 at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 14 10:25:07 EST 2001


Hi, I am very new to linux and I just joined this
group, but let me put in my 2 cents about this.  I
have a Dell Dimension 8100 with a NVIDIA Geforce2 GTS.
 When I installed the NVIDIA drivers I received the
same errors.  I had downloaded
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.rh72up.i386.rpm by mistake
I went back and downloaded
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.rh72up.i686.rpm
ran the rpm command to remove the i386 package and
then installed the i686 package with no problem, and
now I am happily playing Quake III Urban Terror.

Joshua Martin

--- elliot peele <elliot at trilug.org> wrote:
> i am trying to upgrade to the newest nvidia driver
> and i am having a
> couple of problems. i am running redhat linux 7.2 on
> a dell latitude 810C
> with a 32mb gforce 2 go card. i got the rpm to
> install but it gives me
> this:
> 
> [root at nebuchadnezzar kernel]# /sbin/modprobe
> NVdriver
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> __put_user_4
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_write_config_word_Rd9cc3b03
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_write_config_dword_Rf0fbd200
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_read_config_dword_R2ca7e89f
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_read_config_byte_Re5ceea13
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> proc_root_R335ce3b5
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> create_proc_entry_Ra929423e
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> get_module_symbol_Ref198940
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> local_irq_count_R4d40375f
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> init_mm_R3cf71ae9
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> tq_immediate_R2e2d1553
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> bh_active_Rfff9d0a3
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_write_config_byte_Re84d5397
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> boot_cpu_data_R4d12d1d7
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> remove_proc_entry_Reb54c4b7
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_find_slot_R454463b5
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_find_device_R0ee75d4c
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> __wake_up_Rb2c45411
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> vmalloc_Rd6ee688f
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_devices_R3b428c78
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> mem_map_R45bda6e2
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> __pollwait_R97033cd1
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> vsprintf_R13d9cea7
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> local_bh_count_R4f976bf9
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> pci_read_config_word_R8764d15f
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> unresolved symbol
> register_chrdev_R612b1a58
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver
> failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver:
> insmod NVdriver
> failed
> [root at nebuchadnezzar kernel]#
> 
> 
> anybody have the same problem, any idea, anything. i
> have talked with some
> of the people on the nvidia chanle on
> irc.openprojects.net and they had
> suggested moving the NVdriver from
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver
> to
> /lib/modules/2.4.9-13/kernel/video/NVdriver but that
> didn't work.
> 
> elliot
> 
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