Simple VC problem

[Fingel]

when trying to install drivers for my Nvidia GeFOrce4 ti4200 Video card (yes, another Nvidia problem, I'm sorry!!!) on my red hat 8.0 system, i get the following errors:

install: cannot stat `nvidia.o': No such file or directory
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.4245 (%install)

RPM build errors:
user buildmeister does not exist - using root
group buildmeister does not exist - using root
user buildmeister does not exist - using root
group buildmeister does not exist - using root
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.4245 (%install)

I download NVchooser and it told me to get the src.rpm and when i tried to rebuild it, thats what happend. It also produced a HUGE amount of script errors. If you are feeling really helpfull, I can send you the full log. Thanks for reading.

[bsm2001]

The src rpm's are almost useless. try the tarballs or the reg rpm.
I used the reg rpm and every thing worked fine. Best bet is the tarballs.

[mdwatts]

Do you have the kernel source installed in /usr/src/linux-#.#.# with a symlink to /usr/src/linux? The kernel source for your current running kernel version is required when rebuilding the src rpm's or compiling the tarballs.

rpm -qa | grep kernel

And look for kernel-source-#.#.#.i386.rpm

If that is not the problem, search the LNO forums for buildmeister and there have been all sorts of posts on that error message.

[bwkaz]

Yes, "a HUGE amount of script errors" is usually a symptom of not having the correct (or any) kernel-source package installed. Especially if any are related to "using kernel header in userspace".