Nvidia Graphics card driver doesn't work after upgrade to 8.10 intrepid
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, and I have a Nvidia GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU Graphics card. Before the upgrade, I had installed the latest driver from Nvidia.com (96.43.07). And when I looked in the list of proprietary drivers, it showed up there. After the upgrade, the driver doesn't show up in the list, and anything with 3D acceleration doesn't work. When I try to install the driver, I get an error and this is the install log:
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/
creation time: Sat Nov 8 14:28:20 2008
installer version: 1.0.7
option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
precompiled interfaces : true
no ncurses color : false
query latest version : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : false
silent : false
no recursion : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
no kernel module : false
force SELinux : default
no X server check : false
no cc version check : false
force tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : (not specified)
X library install path : (not specified)
X module install path : (not specified)
OpenGL install prefix : (not specified)
OpenGL install libdir : (not specified)
utility install prefix : (not specified)
utility install libdir : (not specified)
doc install prefix : (not specified)
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.
RPM file list : (not specified)
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 96.43.07.
-> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 96.4
3.07). As part of installing this driver (version: 96.43.07), the existing
driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a
bort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Performing Xen check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=
c/build SYSOUT=
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/
/tmp/
test -e include/
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/
sing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it
."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz1139
sions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz1139
p_versions/*
make -f scripts/
7-pkg1/
cc -Wp,-MD,
o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/
__ -Iinclude -I/usr/
nclude include/
f.h -Iubuntu/include -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-
strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-
msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-
rch=i586 -mtune=generic -ffreestanding -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchro
nous-
mach-default -fno-stack-
ing-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-
1392/
e -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-mul
tichar -Werror -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_
NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_
-U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_
R(nv)" -D"KBUILD_
Linux-
tmp_nv.o /tmp/selfgz1139
In file included from include/
c/nv/
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/
include/
metic
include/
include/
metic
In file included from include/
c/nv/
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/
include/
rithmetic
In file included from include/
c/nv/
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/
include/
ithmetic
In file included from include/
c/nv/
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/
include/
in arithmetic
In file included from /tmp/selfgz1139
c/nv/nv.c:14:
/tmp/
: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /tmp/selfgz1139
c/nv/
c/nv/nv.c:14:
include/
include/
rithmetic
include/
rithmetic
include/
rithmetic
include/
rithmetic
include/
rithmetic
include/
rithmetic
include/
rithmetic
include/
rithmetic
In file included from /tmp/selfgz1139
c/nv/nv.c:14:
/tmp/
nction ‘nv_execute_
/tmp/
rror: too many arguments to function ‘on_each_cpu’
/tmp/
‘__nv_
/tmp/
: comparison between signed and unsigned
/tmp/
‘__nv_
/tmp/
: comparison between signed and unsigned
/tmp/
‘nv_
/tmp/
g: comparison between signed and unsigned
/tmp/
too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
/tmp/
g: comparison between signed and unsigned
/tmp/
too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[3]: *** [/tmp/selfgz113
o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_
c/nv] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.
As you can see, there is an error at the end about not being able to build the kernel module. I would like to fix this problem, however possible.
Question information
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- 2008-11-25
| John Brooks (frogging101) said : | #2 |
I read it, but it didn't help me
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : | #3 |
This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

