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nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 package

nvidia-96-kernel-source fails to build on Karmic

Bug #391768 reported by Tobin Davis on 2009-06-24

This bug affects 8 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Alberto Milone
	Karmic	Fix Released	High	Alberto Milone

Bug Description

When building nvidia kernel module for older nvidia card support, dkms failes with:
nvidia (96.43.10): Installing module.
..........(bad exit status: 10)
Build failed. Installation skipped.

Upon further investigation, running the following shows why dkms fails:

> cd /usr/src/nvidia-96.43.10
> sudo make modules
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
.
. (skipping most of irrelevant build output)
.
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `kernel/bounds.c', needed by `kernel/bounds.s'. Stop.
make[2]: *** [prepare0] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2

p.s. I tried using "ubuntu-bug -p linux" and was informed that:
The problem cannot be reported:

This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

So I am filing it manually. Don't shoot the messenger.

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82850 850 (Tehama) Chipset Host Bridge (MCH) [8086:2530] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device [8086:4d44]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600] [10de:0250] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:8721]

See original description

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2009-06-24:

dmesg.log Edit (29.9 KiB, text/plain)

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2009-06-24:

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2009-06-24:

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2009-06-24:

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2009-06-24:

version.log Edit (26 bytes, text/plain)

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2009-06-24:

dkms_autoinstaller Edit (331 bytes, text/plain)

Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) on 2009-06-29

affects:

linux (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu)

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Steffen Röcker (sroecker) wrote on 2009-07-24:

All nvidia kernel modules need patches to compile on 2.6.31.
All need a patch to remove proc->owner which doesn't exist anymore in kernels > 2.6.30.
Some need one for agp_memory, see for example bug #393924.

nvidia-96-kernel-source needs these two patches:
http://leigh123linux.fedorapeople.org/pub/patches/nvidia-96.43.11.patch
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28552081/drm_agp_memory-2.6.31.patch

After applying those patches the module builds and works with the 2.6.31 kernel.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

C de-Avillez (hggdh2) on 2009-08-07

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

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Unkraut (unkraut2) wrote on 2009-08-08:

There is a new driver from nvidia (96.43.13) which comiles without complainig. Maybe give it a try!

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2009-08-11

description:

updated

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Niall Creech (sevenmachines-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-08-20:

proc_owner_96-2.6.31.patch Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain)

i don't know if nvidia updates fix incompatibility with 2.6.31, specifically the errors such as,
‘struct proc_dir_entry’ has no member named ‘owner’ in nv.c
and,
‘agp_memory’ has no member named ‘memory’ in os-agp.c

i've included 2 patches that allow for building current 96.43.10 driver in karmic on 2.6.31 kernels, i'll put test packages in ppa
https://launchpad.net/~dinxter/+archive/ppa

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Niall Creech (sevenmachines-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2009-08-20:

#10

drm_agp_memory_96-2.6.31.patch Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain)

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2009-09-02

tags:

added: karmic

Alberto Milone (albertomilone) on 2009-09-07

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu Karmic):
assignee:	nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
status:	Confirmed → In Progress

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2009-09-07:

#11

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 - 96.43.13-0ubuntu1

---------------
nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (96.43.13-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. Supports new kernels (LP: #391768).
    - Updated nvidia-bug-report.sh to automatically compress its log file; running
      `nvidia-bug-report.sh` now produces "nvidia-bug-report.log.gz".
    - Fixed a bug that could trigger kernel BUG() failures when stress testing
      setup/teardown paths.
  * debian/control.in:
    - Add -185 to the "Replaces" of packages.

-- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:02:48 +0200

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu Karmic):
status:	In Progress → Fix Released

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Pauli (paniemin) wrote on 2009-09-08:

#12

Looks like build failed because there was multiple palces where 185 driver should have been added but is missing in debian control.

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Pauli (paniemin) wrote on 2009-09-08:

#13

I got the packages build locally if I applied small typo fix for missing comma :) It was simpler than I tough first.

--- nvidia-graphics-drivers-96-96.43.13/debian/control 2009-09-08 11:41:25.000000000 +0300
+++ new/debian/control 2009-09-08 11:39:18.000000000 +0300
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
Recommends: nvidia-glx-96 (>= 96.43.13)
Provides: nvidia-kernel-source
Conflicts: nvidia-kernel-src, nvidia-kernel-source
-Replaces: nvidia-kernel-src, nvidia-180-kernel-source, nvidia-185-kernel-source
+Replaces: nvidia-kernel-src, nvidia-180-kernel-source, nvidia-185-kernel-source,
  nvidia-177-kernel-source, nvidia-173-kernel-source, nvidia-96-kernel-source,
  nvidia-71-kernel-source, nvidia-kernel-source, nvidia-new-kernel-source,
  nvidia-legacy-kernel-source, nvidia-kernel-source-envy,