Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and a Geforce FX-5200 card.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Maximilian Bräutigam wrote:
> hi,
>
> are you sure that you have configured your kernel correctly according to
> the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide?
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
>
> kind regards,
> der Max
>
>   

I double checked my config with the guide and it appears everything is
correct.  Just in case there is a change that I don't see, here is the
current error message from the start:

root@smoker /usr/src/linux # emerge nvidia-drivers
Calculating dependencies... done!

>>> Verifying ebuild manifests

>>> Emerging (1 of 1) x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09
 * NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0.run RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-)
...                                               [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-)
...                                                                                
[ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-)
...                                                                               
[ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-)
...                                                                              
[ ok ]
 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Found sources for kernel version:
 *     2.6.29-gentoo
 * Checking for MTRR support
...                                                                                     
[ ok ]
 * Checking for Paravirtualized guest support ...
>>> Unpacking source...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
173.14.09....................................................................................................................................
 * Applying NVIDIA_glx-defines.patch
...                                                                             
[ ok ]
 * Applying NVIDIA_glx-glheader.patch
...                                                                            
[ ok ]
 * Applying NVIDIA_i2c-hwmon.patch
...                                                                               
[ ok ]
 * Converting NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0/usr/src/nv/Makefile.kbuild
to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ...            [ ok ]
>>> Source unpacked in
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work
>>> Compiling source in
/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/work/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.09-pkg0
...
 * Preparing nvidia module
make -j3 HOSTCC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc CROSS_COMPILE=i686-pc-linux-gnu-
LDFLAGS= IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes V=1 SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux
SYSOUT=/usr/src/linux HOST_CC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc clean module
If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
you either have configured kernel sources matching your
kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
on your system.

If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
installed on your system. If you specified a separate
output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or
the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this
directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the
kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify
their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or
the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option.

*** Unable to determine the target kernel version. ***

make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1
 *
 * ERROR: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   48:  Called src_compile
 *             environment, line 3695:  Called linux-mod_src_compile
 *             environment, line 2711:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *               eval "emake
HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"                                                
CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}-                                            
LDFLAGS="$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)"                                           
${BUILD_FIXES}                                             
${BUILD_PARAMS}                                                
${BUILD_TARGETS} " || die "Unable to emake HOSTCC="$(tc-getBUILD_CC)"
CROSS_COMPILE=${CHOST}- LDFLAGS="$(get_abi_LDFLAGS)" ${BUILD_FIXES}
${BUILD_PARAMS} ${BUILD_TARGETS}";
 *  The die message:
 *   Unable to emake HOSTCC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
CROSS_COMPILE=i686-pc-linux-gnu- LDFLAGS=  IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes V=1
SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux               SYSOUT=/usr/src/linux
HOST_CC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc clean module
 *
 * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack
if relevant.
 * A complete build log is located at
'/var/log/portage/elog/x11-drivers:nvidia-drivers-173.14.09:20090401-120715.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09/temp/environment'.
 *

>>> Failed to emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09, Log file:

>>> 
'/var/log/portage/elog/x11-drivers:nvidia-drivers-173.14.09:20090401-120715.log'
root@smoker /usr/src/linux #


The part that I notice is this, "*** Unable to determine the target
kernel version. ***" which is odd since my symlink is correct and I have
compiled a nice new kernel.  I have not yet booted it tho. 

What am I missing here?  I have never had this much trouble upgrading a
kernel or nvidia.

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)