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NVIDIA 331.38 Installer fails to build UVM module on kernel 3.13.0-5

Asked by FluxKing

I tried to install the nvidia driver install NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.38.run on ubuntu 14.04 with kernel 3.13.0-5
but when building the unified memory kernel module i get an error (cannot assign kuid_t to uid_t)
and if I run the install with --no-unified-memory the driver installs but I only get blank screen.

Is there a patch for this combination og kernel and driver?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Why are you not using the version in the repos?

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

Will install the driver for you.

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FluxKing (dacobi) said : 		#2

nvidia-current installs nvidia driver 304 not 331

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FluxKing (dacobi) said : 		#3

Ok I installed nvidia-331 from repo but I still just get black screen with kernel 3.13.0-5
If I boot with kernel 3.11.0-11-lowlatency it works, but I get about 40% lower framerate than with ubuntu 13.10

I'm on an Alienware M17xR3 and GTX 675MX

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Have you installed Bumblebee? Seems your system uses that Optimus switching GPU junk.

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FluxKing (dacobi) said : 		#5

Bumblebee is not installled

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#6

Then you will probably need it to get things a bit nicer. It's far from perfect but may help

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