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FS#4374 - nvidia 1.0.8178-16 kernel module fails to build with kernel26 2.6.16.1-5

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Scott Rankin (sar) - Tuesday, 04 April 2006, 17:02 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.1 Noodle
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The NVidia kernel module include in the nvidia package version 1.0.8178-16 fails to build with kernel26 package version 2.6.16.1-5. This problem also occurred with kernel26 package version 2.6.16.1-4.


To work around this problem:

Revert to an earlier version of the kernel26 package. I am using kernel26 package version 2.6.15.6-2 to work around this problem.

I should have prevented this problem from occuring by including nvidia in the DAEMONS list in /etc/rc.conf.


To reproduce this problem:

1. install kernel26 2.6.16.1-5 with pacman
2. boot to new kernel
3. install nvidia 1.0.8178-16 with pacman
4. the nvidia installer will report the kernel module failed to build. This message will include a path to the installer log.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Wednesday, 05 April 2006, 05:42 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 04 April 2006, 17:30 GMT
Please attach the installer log too.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Tuesday, 04 April 2006, 20:01 GMT
worked for me with 2.6.16.1-4 and nvidia -16.
Comment by Scott Rankin (sar) - Tuesday, 04 April 2006, 22:13 GMT
Attached are two logs and a list of packages on my system.

nvidia-pacman.log is the output from pacman.
nvidia-installer.log is the output from the nvidia installer.
current-packates is the list of packages installed on this system.

Please let me know if I can provide any other information to help with this.

Have a good one!
(application/octet-stream)    nvidia-pacman.log (2 KiB)
(application/octet-stream)    nvidia-installer.log (14.9 KiB)
(application/octet-stream)    current-packages (8 KiB)
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 04 April 2006, 22:30 GMT
You're installing -15 according to your logs. nvidia -16 has a patch to work with kernel 2.6.16.
Comment by Scott Rankin (sar) - Wednesday, 05 April 2006, 00:59 GMT
Ah, I see my mistake, and an issue.

My mistake was copying and pasting the version number for the nvidia package from the Arch packages web site without verifying the package version installed on my system. This lead to an incorrect bug report.

Thanks for catching my error.


The Arch packages web site entry for nvidia lists 1.0.8178-16 as the current version. However, when I run "pacman -Syu", pacman does not list the nvidia package as out of date. When I run "pacman -S nvidia", pacman reports "nvidia-1.0.8178-15: is up to date".

It appears my pacman extra package list is out of date. I thought this would be updated when I ran "pacman -Syu".

I'll try to find pacman docs that will tell me what I am doing wrong.

I am convinced my bug report is incorrect. Please close it.

Any ideas why pacman is reporting nvidia-1.0.8178-15: is up to date when nvidia-1.0.8178-16 is available?

Thanks and have a good one.
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Wednesday, 05 April 2006, 02:23 GMT
The first mirror in your /etc/pacman.d/extra file is out of date. Try using the "sortmirrors" command to re-arrange it and possibly find a mirror that isn't out of date.
Comment by Scott Rankin (sar) - Wednesday, 05 April 2006, 05:21 GMT
Done. Problem solved!

Thanks again and have a good one!

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