3.11.1-200 kernel and nvidia drivers

[linuxnutster at videotron.ca]

On 09/24/2013 08:26 AM, Stephen Berg (Contractor) wrote:
> I'm trying to get the drivers from geforce.com to compile with the
> 3.11.1-200 kernel and they are just not cooperating. Anyone know of a
> patch, tweak, magic enchantment or whatever that will get this done?
>
> I've tried with the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.49 drivers and the beta
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.08 driver. No luck with either.
>
> At the end of /var/log/nvidia-installer.log I see:
> In file included from
> /usr/src/kernels/3.11.1-200.fc19.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h:539:0,
>
> from /usr/src/kernels/3.11.1-200.fc19.x86_64/include/linux/poll.h:11,
> from /root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.08/kernel/nv-linux.h:97,
> from /root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.08/kernel/nv-i2c.c:15:
> /usr/src/kernels/3.11.1-200.fc19.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:
> In function ‘copy_from_user’:
> /usr/src/kernels/3.11.1-200.fc19.x86_64/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h:62:41:
> warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
> [-Wsign-compare]
> if (likely(sz == -1 || sz >= n))
> ^
> /root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.08/kernel/nv-i2c.c: In function
> ‘nv_i2c_del_adapter’:
> /root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.08/kernel/nv-i2c.c:252:14: error: void
> value not ignored as it ought to be
> osstatus = i2c_del_adapter(pI2cAdapter);
> ^
> make[3]: *** [/root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.08/kernel/nv-i2c.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [_module_/root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.08/kernel] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.11.1-200.fc19.x86_64'
> NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
> nvidia.ko failed to build!
> make: *** [module] Error 1
> -> Error.
> ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
>

What worked in my case on 4 desktops and one nvidia notebook was to 
install kmod-nvidia for the more recent geforce chipsets, 
akmod-nvidia-304xx for the two geforce 6 chipsets, and then launch yumex 
from the last working kernel, activate rawhide and all the testing repos 
and install the latest nvidia drivers from there...worked like a charm.