Nvidia drivers 256.44 and Salix 13.1.1 32 bits

[bulanula]

I followed all the steps as from this thread ( http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4980 ) but I still get :

ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'.

- I blacklisted the interfering nouveau module and the output of ls /var/log/packages/kernel* is :

/var/log/packages/kernel-firmware-2.6.33.4-noarch-1
/var/log/packages/kernel-headers-2.6.33.4_smp-x86-1
/var/log/packages/kernel-huge-2.6.33.4-i486-1
/var/log/packages/kernel-modules-2.6.33.4-i486-1
/var/log/packages/kernel-modules-smp-2.6.33.4_smp-i686-1
/var/log/packages/kernel-source-2.6.33.4_smp-noarch-1

Thanks for this impressive distro. Any suggestions ?

[bulanula]

Nobody has any idea ?

[bulanula]

Great, I now installed the driver using the --kernel-name=2.6.33.4 and --kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.33.4/ parameters and X does not work.

It gives me this :

FATAL: Error inserting NVIDIA (/lib/modules/2.6.33.4/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko): Invalid module format

PLEASE HELP ME, anyone.

[gapan]

Is there a reason you installed the kernel-huge package instead of the kernel-huge-smp package? I'm guessing all your trouble starts with that.

[bulanula]

No reason actually, I just followed the instructions from a previous thread here on the forum that worked for the 32 bit version of Salix 13.1. Shall I install the "kernel-huge-smp" package too using slapt-get ? Do I have to remove the "kernel-huge" package now ?

[gapan]

If you installed the kernel-huge package, it is because you made an effort to. You really need to go out of your way to do that during installation, so if you were looking for ways to break your system without understanding what you're doing, I'm guessing that you found one.

Yes, install the kernel-huge-smp package. Make sure you edit your lilo.conf and don't forget to run lilo after all the changes.

[bulanula]

EDIT : Got it working ! Now, please tell me the exact steps ( or things I have to install ) because I will now start from scratch and reinstall Salix. THANKS SO MUCH !!!

[Akuna]

Actually you simply have to ensure that the kernel packages you chose to install jives together. The how-to you followed is fine provided you do not mix packages that don't belong with each others.

From the list below, you will notice that some similar packages which start with the same name, have a smp suffix to differentiate between them. In short don't mix the smp 'family' packages with the non-smp 'family' ones. On the other hand, 'unique' packages who therefore do not need a smp suffix to differentiate them can be mixed with any packages from either 'family'.

kernel-generic
kernel-generic-smp
kernel-huge
kernel-huge-smp
kernel-modules
kernel-modules-smp

kernel-headers
kernel-firmware
kernel-source

[bulanula]

Thanks so much for the explanation !
I love learning new things about Linux.

[bulanula]

LOL, it seems funny that now i am running the SMP kernel and I see two penguins when booting up even though I do not have 2 physical CPUs.

I will do a reinstall and only run the normal kernel not the SMP one.