Re: [SLE] post-kernel ugrade nVidia problems
From: Marcel Lecker (volvox_at_telusplanet.net)
Date: 12/18/03
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To: Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it> Date: 17 Dec 2003 21:44:55 -0700
Ivan,
Well, this will certainly take me out of my comfort zone,...but I do
need a push now and then and this may be it. Reinstalling is always an
option so what's there to loose, eh?
I've had 9.0 sitting on the shelf for about a month now ready to do a
switch-over.
I'll try this over the holidays and see how far I get, Plan
B,...SuSE^H^H^HUSE 9.0.
Thanks for the help, you may hear from me again. :)
Marcel
On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 18:29, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
> On 15 Dec 2003 16:56:28 -0700
> Marcel Lecker <volvox@telusplanet.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ivan,
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. I made sure all my sources were in and it
> > would appear to be a compiler issue. The plot thickens. I haven't a
> > clue what to do from here as I'm not much of a coder. I'm a little
> > out of my element here.
>
> Then you should hear me singing ;)
>
> > You appear to be compiling the NVIDIA kernel module with
> > a compiler different from the one that was used to compile
> > the running kernel. This may be perfectly fine, but there
> > are cases where this can lead to unexpected behaviour and
> > system crashes.
>
> OK, install the whole sources of the kernel you're using not just the
> headers. I'm not sure if you did.
>
> Then go into the kernel directory (/usr/src/kernel...)
>
> check if everything seems reasonable doing
>
> make menuconfig (you may need extra -devel packages and some other
> stuff)
>
> get out if you're satisfied with the original SUSE .config
>
> This is a rough idea of what you'll have to do to compile a new
> kernel:
>
> make clean dep clean bzImage modules modules_install | grep 'rror'
> cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz
> cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.18
>
> /sbin/lilo
> /sbin/mk_initrd -k vmlinuz -i initrd
> /sbin/lilo
>
> Beware this is not exactly what you'll have to do... it depends if
> you're running lilo or grub. You'll have to change the
> System.map-version to an appropriate name. You may not need an initrd.
> You may want to edit lilo or grub menu to have a copy of your old
> kernel and maybe rename vmlinuz to something else...
>
> It would be better you know exactly what you're doing reading one of
> the tons of howto on how to compile your own kernel and configure lilo
> or grub.
>
> It is not difficult, few precautions will let you start over and over
> in a safe way if you make some mistake of configuration.
> Even if you'll do some mistakes and you won't be able to boot from
> your box most of the times your data will still be there and you
> should be able to resurrect your whole system but this will be far
> more complicated than just know how grub or lilo work and take some
> precautions.
>
> There should be a chapter on lilo and kernel compilation on SUSE's
> manuals too.
>
> Once you've compiled your kernel with your compiler you'll have to run
> again nvidia installer.
>
> It is not as difficult as it seems but some mistakes can put you into
> panic mode. Most of the time everything is still there and you can
> restart a fully working system... but better you read carefully a good
> howto on how to compile a kernel and how to configure lilo or grub.
>
> > If you know what you are doing and want to override this
> > check, you can do so by setting IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH.
>
> I wouldn't do that.
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