2010-11-19 03:08:11

by Gene Heskett

Subject: Missing nvidia.ko, cannot install nvidia driver

Greetings;

All of a sudden it seems I cannot find the option that makes a kernel build
include the build and install of
/lib/modules/2.6.36/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko

It built for 2.6.33.7-pclos with this config grep for NVIDIA
[root@coyote src]# grep NVIDIA linux-2.6.33.7-pclos1/.config
CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA=y
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=m
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_I2C=y
# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT=y
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_MBP_NVIDIA=m

But not for this:
[root@coyote src]# grep NVIDIA linux-2.6.36/.config
CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA=y
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA=m
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_I2C=y
# CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT=y
# CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_MBP_NVIDIA is not set

Anyone have a clue they can spare?

Thanks.

--
Cheers, Gene
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2010-11-19 09:43:12

by Clemens Ladisch

Subject: Re: Missing nvidia.ko, cannot install nvidia driver

Gene Heskett wrote:
> All of a sudden it seems I cannot find the option that makes a kernel build
> include the build and install of
> /lib/modules/2.6.36/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko

There is no option for that module, neither in 2.6.33 nor in 2.6.36,
because that module is not part of any kernel from kernel.org.

Nvidia's closed-source driver is evil, so do *not* click on this link:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html


Regards,
Clemens