Nvidia kernel driver

[Eric303]

I am running Slackware 8.0, kernel 2.4.5. when I type:

#insmod NVdriver
using /lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/video/NVdriver: unresolved symbole __global_cli
/lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/video/NVdriver: tqueue_lock
/lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/video/NVdriver: __global_save_flags
/lib/modules/2.4.5/kernel/video/NVdriver:__global_restore_flags

any ideas on how to get it working? I downloaded the lastest from Nvidia's website


-Eric

[Fondor]

ive had that problem before. What i did was recompile my kernel (a rather brute force method but it worked). Also you can try to find rpms for your distro, which may bypass the conflicts and still work. Im a newbie and these methods have worked for me, but be very cautious.

[Agent Berg]

Since the NVdriver module is building against the kernel source then your kernel source must be configured first (make menuconfig dep)

Since you're a Slackware user I'll assume you already know how to do the rest... ;)