NVIDIA kernel compilation

[gumgrok]

Ok I am running debian woody, and currently am using a 2.2.20 kernel that I compiled. I try to compile the NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123 with a

make install

and this is what it outputs:

ld -r -o NVdriver Module-linux Module-nvkernel
size NVdriver
text data bss dec hex filename
893694 55380 52364 1001438 f47de NVDRIVER
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.20/video/NVDRIVER
make: *** [package-install] Error 1


And then it doesn't work. I can't figure out the whole depmod thingie. Can anybody help? Thanks if you can!

[JP83]

Use 2.4 series kernel it can be founded from woody's cd's (reinstall using that)

[gumgrok]

Thank you JP83!! I just compiled the 2.4.18 kernel, and then installed the nvidia kernel on it and i got a very similar error message:

depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver

depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.18/video/NVdriver

Any ideas?

[JP83]

I donno howto fix that but you can try to install newer modutils (that contains depmod?) package using tar packages and update your binutils package at the same time because i had 2 total failures after some updates and reason was binutils and only fix was total reinstallation. If you update those packages compile binutils using this command ./configure --prefix=/usr and modutils using ./configure
Then check that versions is ok using:
ld -v (binutils version)
depmod -V (modutils version)

I use kernel version 2.4.19 and Nvidia driver install using that kernel was easy and error free.

[gumgrok]

Hey I appreciate all of the help! I am a bit closer to making everything work right, and was wondering where I can find tar packages of binutils and modutils? I can get the .deb packages but don't know where I can find the tar ones. Thanks again!

[gumgrok]

nevermind that last post, I found tar packages for modutils and binutils!

[gumgrok]

Ok reinstalling the modutils and the binutils with the tar packages fixed everything! Thanks for all the help!