Rebuilding kernel-source for NVIDIA drivers help!

[fedora]

I'm trying to get NVIDIA drivers to work with FC2T3's kernel-2.6.5-1.327 
-- no luck. Maybe you guys can tell me what am I doing wrong here, it 
will benefit a lot of people I presume.

Here is what I did

I downloaded kernel-2.6.5-1.327.src.rpm and 
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run

1. rpm -i kernel-2.6.5-1.327.src.rpm
2. commented out "Patch200: linux-2.6.5-nostack.patch" and "%patch200 
-p1" from spec file (in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS)
3. rebuilt kernel with: rpmbuild -bb 
/usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec (It made the package: 
kernel-2.6.5-1.327.root.i386.rpm) <-- why the suffix?
4. installed new kernel-source: rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/
-it placed linux-2.6.5-1.327.root into /usr/src/
5. did sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel (built 
custom package)
6. tried running custom package: sh 
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.custom.run, got error saying cannot find 
kernel-sources
7. specified kernel sources with sh 
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.custom.run 
--kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.327.root
8. received error saying NVIDIA kernel was built with different 
kernel-source

I installed and removed kernel-sources back and forth (original 
2.6.5-1.327 and rebuilt one). Tried a few combinations with the 
installer and no luck. Minion.de patches don't work either, neither do 
sh.nu packages.

Cheers, and TIA.

[Andrew Farris]

Here is a quick response that may get you going.

On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 00:20 +0200, fedora wrote:
> I'm trying to get NVIDIA drivers to work with FC2T3's kernel-2.6.5-1.327 
> -- no luck. Maybe you guys can tell me what am I doing wrong here, it 
> will benefit a lot of people I presume.
>
> Here is what I did
>
> I downloaded kernel-2.6.5-1.327.src.rpm and 
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run
> rpm -i kernel-2.6.5-1.327.src.rpm
> commented out "Patch200: linux-2.6.5-nostack.patch" and "%patch200
>
> -p1" from spec file (in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS)

Fine so far -- but you need to also manually edit the config files to
remove the 4K stacks default value of y, you should set them to:
# CONFIG_4KSTACKS is not set

If you do not use the minion.de patch, you MUST set register parameters
off as well:
# CONFIG_REGPARM is not set
> rebuilt kernel with: rpmbuild -bb
>
> /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec (It made the package: 
> kernel-2.6.5-1.327.root.i386.rpm) <-- why the suffix?

Suffix created to identify that this kernel was a custom built kernel,
you can change the behavior to be whatever you want in the spec... but
you should leave something on the end to know it is not the default
kernel (it makes no difference to its capabilities, etc...)

%define release %(R="$Revision: 1.327 $"; RR="${R##: }"; echo
${RR%%?})%{rhbsys}

On the end you see, rhbsys, which in the previous statement is set to
your username by the 'whoami' command.
> installed new kernel-source: rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/
>
> -it placed linux-2.6.5-1.327.root into /usr/src/
> 5. did sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel (built 
> custom package)
> 6. tried running custom package: sh 
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.custom.run, got error saying cannot find 
> kernel-sources

You must run that after you reboot to the target kernel, or specify that
you are not running the target.
--kernel-name=2.6.5-1.327.root
> specified kernel sources with sh
>
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.custom.run 
> --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.327.root
> 8. received error saying NVIDIA kernel was built with different 
> kernel-source

You may still need to specify the kernel-source-path, but the above is
the real issue.

[ByteEnable]

On Saturday 01 May 2004 18:27, Andrew Farris wrote:
> Here is a quick response that may get you going.
>
> On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 00:20 +0200, fedora wrote:
> > I'm trying to get NVIDIA drivers to work with FC2T3's kernel-2.6.5-1.327
> > -- no luck. Maybe you guys can tell me what am I doing wrong here, it
> > will benefit a lot of people I presume.
> >
> > Here is what I did
> >
> > I downloaded kernel-2.6.5-1.327.src.rpm and
> > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run
> > rpm -i kernel-2.6.5-1.327.src.rpm
> > commented out "Patch200: linux-2.6.5-nostack.patch" and "%patch200
> >
> > -p1" from spec file (in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS)
>
> Fine so far -- but you need to also manually edit the config files to
> remove the 4K stacks default value of y, you should set them to:
> # CONFIG_4KSTACKS is not set
>
> If you do not use the minion.de patch, you MUST set register parameters
> off as well:
> # CONFIG_REGPARM is not set
> > rebuilt kernel with: rpmbuild -bb
> >
> > /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec (It made the package:
> > kernel-2.6.5-1.327.root.i386.rpm) <-- why the suffix?
>
> Suffix created to identify that this kernel was a custom built kernel,
> you can change the behavior to be whatever you want in the spec... but
> you should leave something on the end to know it is not the default
> kernel (it makes no difference to its capabilities, etc...)
>
> %define release %(R="$Revision: 1.327 $"; RR="${R##: }"; echo
> ${RR%%?})%{rhbsys}
>
> On the end you see, rhbsys, which in the previous statement is set to
> your username by the 'whoami' command.
> > installed new kernel-source: rpm -ivh /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/
> >
> > -it placed linux-2.6.5-1.327.root into /usr/src/
> > 5. did sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel (built
> > custom package)
> > 6. tried running custom package: sh
> > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.custom.run, got error saying cannot find
> > kernel-sources
>
> You must run that after you reboot to the target kernel, or specify that
> you are not running the target.
> --kernel-name=2.6.5-1.327.root
> > specified kernel sources with sh
> >
> > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5341-pkg1.custom.run
> > --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-1.327.root
> > 8. received error saying NVIDIA kernel was built with different
> > kernel-source
>
> You may still need to specify the kernel-source-path, but the above is
> the real issue.
> --
> Andrew Farris, CPE senior (California Polytechnic State University, SLO)
> [e-mail] :: lmorgul on irc.freenode.net
> "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men
> to do nothing." (Edmond Burke)

I've had success with the above method also on my VIA Apollo Pro266T chipset.  
If I logout though, it hangs.  It works fine if I do not logout.   Which is 
okay for now.

Byte

[Andrew Farris]

On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 01:23 -0500, ByteEnable wrote:
> I've had success with the above method also on my VIA Apollo Pro266T chipset.  
> If I logout though, it hangs.  It works fine if I do not logout.   Which is 
> okay for now.
>
> Byte

Out of curiosity, are you running in runlevel 5 with GDM, KDM, or XDM?
(which?)

I am running primarily in runlevel 3, and use startx when necessary
(which is starting xfce4 by exec of 'startxfce4' though ssh-agent).
I am also using only agpgart support now, although in the past I have
had excellent success using nVIDIA's agp driver instead.