-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert, modversions.h is only in the RedHat kernels, I think. I would have to check and make sure. However, you may be able to get away with just copying that 1 file to where the installer looks for it. - -- Jonathan - -- Jonathan M. Slivko <jonathan.slivko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - -Albert Einstein - -----Original Message----- From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 10:23 AM To: Red Hat 9 mailing list Subject: where does kernel "include/linux/modversions.h" come from? *very* briefly (i can supply more details later if necessary), i'm trying to install a patched NVIDIA driver (4363) under linux kernel 2.5.70 on RH 9, based on the following recipe: 0) build 2.5.70 kernel, modules, install, etc., reboot to 2.5.70 1) download latest NVIDIA geforce driver (4363) from nvidia 2) download 2.5.70 patch from www.minion.de 3) extract source tree from NVIDIA driver 4) apply patch, symlink Makefile 5) run "nvidia-installer", which eventually fails with - ---------------------------- nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Sat May 31 13:12:57 2003 option status: license pre-accepted : false update : false force update : false expert : false uninstall : false driver info : false no precompiled interface: false no ncurses color : false query latest driver ver : false OpenGL header files : false no questions : false silent : false XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6 OpenGL install prefix : /usr Installer install prefix: /usr kernel include path : (not specified) kernel install path : (not specified) proc mount point : /proc ui : (not specified) tmpdir : /tmp ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface - -> License accepted. - -> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0- 4349). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-4363), 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.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No) - -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface. ERROR: The kernel header file '/lib/modules/2.5.70/build/include/linux/modversions.h' does not exist. The most likely reason for this is that the kernel header files in '/lib/modules/2.5.70/build/include' have not been configured. 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 www.nvidia.com. - -------------------------------- apparently, the installer *really* wants the kernel source file "include/linux/modversions.h", but there *is* no such file in the 2.5.70 source tree. there *is* an include/config/modversions.h, but i don't know why i'm running into this. is there a kernel config option i forgot (i added all module options). can anyone explain where i should find the missing modversions.h file? thanks. rday - -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.2 iQA/AwUBPtkt8EUrYNtgOBObEQIEeACeMTsDl3mb6LM3q9zZv4TuK3RQqA4An3sy EtR1r8hf1YU7BhRl/wT0jzdL =2Cs1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
