salix 13.37beta2 problem installing nvidia drivers

[sicarius]

Hello, I'm new to Salix and I've installed 13.37 beta2 and I have problem with installing nvidia drivers.
I installed the kernel sources, but running the nvidia installer gives me an error.
invidia-installer.log says:

ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs
from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
rivafb, nvidiafb, or nouveau is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel
module from obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or
NVIDIA GPU installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA
Linux graphics driver release.

Please see the log entries 'Kernel module load error' and 'Kernel
messages' at the end of the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for
more information.
-> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './kernel/nvidia.ko': -1
No such device
-> Kernel messages:
[ 3522.497960] NVRM: The NVIDIA GPU 0000:01:00.0 (PCI ID: 10de:0407)
installed
[ 3522.497961] NVRM: in this system is not supported by the 260.19.44 NVIDIA
Linux
[ 3522.497962] NVRM: graphics driver release. Please see 'Appendix A -
[ 3522.497964] NVRM: Supported NVIDIA GPU Products' in this release's
README,
[ 3522.497965] NVRM: available on the Linux graphics driver download page at
[ 3522.497966] NVRM:
[ 3522.497975] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 3522.497985] nvidia: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -1
[ 3522.498020] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1 device(s).
[ 3522.498022] NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters were initialized!
[ 3771.997834] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 3771.997855] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 3771.997875] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ
16
[ 3771.997895] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3771.997906] vgaarb: device changed decodes:
PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=none,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[ 3771.997971] NVRM: The NVIDIA GPU 0000:01:00.0 (PCI ID: 10de:0407)
installed
[ 3771.997972] NVRM: in this system is not supported by the 260.19.44 NVIDIA
Linux
[ 3771.997973] NVRM: graphics driver release. Please see 'Appendix A -
[ 3771.997975] NVRM: Supported NVIDIA GPU Products' in this release's
README,
[ 3771.997976] NVRM: available on the Linux graphics driver download page at
[ 3771.997977] NVRM: .
[ 3771.997986] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 3771.997996] nvidia: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -1
[ 3771.998380] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1 device(s).
[ 3771.998383] NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters were initialized!
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at

My system is running on an FL90 laptop and it has a GF 8600M GT graphic card which supposedly is supported by this driver, so I am at a loss understanding this error...

[sicarius]

after doing a bit of research I found out it is a bug in the nvidia drivers:

[sicarius]

ugh, gotta get 3 posts before I can post this:

[sicarius]

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=157678
there.

[sicarius]

Turns out that this is not it It's a kernel bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/661394
I hope it will be fixed soon... back to windows for now

[gapan]

If it's a kernel bug, there is now a new 2.6.37.6 kernel in slackware-current. It will appear in salix mirrors as soon as they sync, so maybe in a few hours. You could try upgrading to the new kernel and installing the nvidia driver again. But in any case, I was under the impression that unless you want the nvidia proprietary driver for playing 3D games or for compiz and such fancy stuff, you're just as good with the nouveu driver in current. I don't have any nvidia cards, so I don't really know if that's true, just what I've heard/read from others.

[pwatk]

I have the same graphics chip in my Dell M1530 but I haven't had any problems with the 2.6.37.x kernels (this includes both architectures) and the nVidia drivers.

[maximus]

I have an 8600 GT (though not the mobile version) and the Nvidia binary compiled fine for me on 64bit current.