Re: Can't install Nvidia driver in Suse 9.1

From: Andy Baxter (news4_at_earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:41:49 +0100

Hiawatha Bray said:

> I ran the command to install it, and got the following message:
>
> ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.o.' This is most likely
> because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header files.
> Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your kernel.
>
> There follows some advice for users of Red Hat, and notes on what to do if
> you're sure the header file is installed. Well, I'm not sure. In fact, I'm
> totally confused.
>
> Has anybody done this before? Do I have to recompile my kernel, or just add
> some header files? Which header files and where do I find them? Anybody?
> Help!

i just did a suse 9.1 ftp install, and when i ran the install patch module
from yast, it included the nvidia driver as one of the modules. This
installed automatically with no probs. 

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