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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

Dkms fails to build nvidia module for kernel 3.0-01

Bug #795562 reported by dino99 on 2011-06-10

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

As the new kernel is greater than 2.6, the dkms.conf dont accept the 3 version, so nvidia users cant use the latest kernel.
But someone have found what is needed to be tweaked:

1. patch /usr/src/linux-3.0-0-generic/include/linux/rcupdate.h
according to http://choon.net/forum/read.php?21,82725

2. this file /usr/src/nvidia-current-275.09.04/dkms.conf prevents build with kernels newer than 2.6, so you have to modify the line:
OBSOLETE_BY=3.0.0

3. in the file /usr/src/nvidia-current-275.09.04/nv-linux.h, there's a section:
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 4, 7)
# error This driver does not support 2.4 kernels older than 2.4.7!
#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 5, 0)
# define KERNEL_2_4
#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 0)
# error This driver does not support 2.5 kernels!
#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 7, 0)
# define KERNEL_2_6
#else
# error BLAHBLAH
#endif

so you have to replace error BLAHBLAH with something like define KERNEL_2_6
so that we pretend it's a 2.6 kernel.

You should then run

sudo dkms build -m nvidia-current -v 275.09.04 -k 3.0-0-generic
sudo dkms install -m nvidia-current -v 275.09.04 -k 3.0-0-generic

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nvidia-current 270.41.06-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic-pae 2.6.39
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] est un dossier: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 270.41.06 Mon Apr 18 14:54:25 PDT 2011
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.0-11ubuntu2)
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Fri Jun 10 16:02:15 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [10de:0421] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:824f]
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_173 - Pilote d'accélération graphique NVIDIA (Propriétaire, Désactivé, Non utilisé)
xorg:nvidia_current - Pilote d'accélération graphique NVIDIA (Propriétaire, Activé, Non utilisé)
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC P5W DH Deluxe
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=fr_FR.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.39-3-generic-pae root=UUID=9e61e83e-bca9-43cf-aa90-5a68892213fa ro vga=792 quiet crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"
  Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 10/22/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3001
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5W DH Deluxe
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3001:bd10/22/2009:svnASUSTEKCOMPUTERINC:pnP5WDHDeluxe:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5WDHDeluxe:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: P5W DH Deluxe
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu3
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.25+git20110515.61be9401-0ubuntu0sarvatt~oneiric
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11.0+git20110530.76056510-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.0-3ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2011-06-10:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (52.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (125.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (516 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (27.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GlConf.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (124.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (253.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (591 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (48.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (51.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (26.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (706 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (603 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) on 2011-06-10

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → High

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2011-06-11:

Xorg-edgers great PPA does have the newest beta nvidia-current 275.09.04 with hte kernel 3.0 patch.

Now the installation of the Oneiric kernel 3.0-01 rc2 works well.

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2011-06-15:

work around:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10941807&postcount=7

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2011-07-05:

Looks like this was fixed with buildfix_kernel_3.0.patch

diff -ur a/nv-linux.h b/nv-linux.h
--- a/nv-linux.h 2011-06-10 22:02:01.091192102 +0200
+++ b/nv-linux.h 2011-06-10 21:47:02.901192468 +0200
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
# define KERNEL_2_4
#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 0)
# error This driver does not support 2.5 kernels!
-#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 7, 0)
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 0, 0)
# define KERNEL_2_6
#else
# error This driver does not support development kernels!

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

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