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Posted: **Sun 06 Sep 2015, 15:32**

There have been other recent updates besides 304.128 on ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/

e.g.
340.93
346.96
352.41
355.11

Posted: **Thu 22 Oct 2015, 11:19**

Bonjour,
I am running Puppy Precise 5.7.1 with kernel 3.9.11.
I tried to use getnividia to build a 340.93 NVIDIA driver SFS file.
I loaded the devx, downloaded/loaded the "kernel_src-3.9.11-patched.sfs" from BK repository, installed getnvidia and so on. Unfortunately, getnvidia says that my kernel source package does not match with the running kernel.

What's wrong?
Thank you for your attention.

Corldialement.

Posted: **Thu 22 Oct 2015, 15:04**

Sorry! The "kernel_src-3.9.11-patched.sfs" was in the list of mounted sfs, but only queued and not really loaded: this is why getnvidia displayed the error message. As this may happen to "unexperimented" users like me, I do not delete my message...
Thank you to shinobar for getnvidia which is really amazing and did the work perfectly.

Cordialement.

Posted: **Wed 23 Dec 2015, 14:41**

Heads up!

With kernels 4.3 onwards, if the kernel is configured:

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CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL=y
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA1=y
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_HASH="sha1"

any new modules compiled for that kernel will need to be cryptographically signed using utility /usr/src/linux/scripts/sign-file
found in the kernel-sources.

GetNvidia will need to be updated to include signing if nvidia drivers are to continue working on kernels 4.3 onwards.

For example, nvidia-304.131 fails to build for stemsee's kernel 4.3.2 because module loading fails because the module is not signed.

(there is a futher problem with stemsee's 4.3.2 that sign-file does not work due to some problem with missing version information for libcrypto).

Cheers
peebee

Posted: **Sat 02 Jan 2016, 01:25**

peebee wrote:Heads up!

With kernels 4.3 onwards, if the kernel is configured:
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CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_ALL=y
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_SHA1=y
CONFIG_MODULE_SIG_HASH="sha1"
any new modules compiled for that kernel will need to be cryptographically signed using utility /usr/src/linux/scripts/sign-file
found in the kernel-sources.

GetNvidia will need to be updated to include signing if nvidia drivers are to continue working on kernels 4.3 onwards.

For example, nvidia-304.131 fails to build for stemsee's kernel 4.3.2 because module loading fails because the module is not signed.

(there is a futher problem with stemsee's 4.3.2 that sign-file does not work due to some problem with missing version information for libcrypto).

Cheers
peebee

I'm running Tahr 6.0.5 with Stemsee's 4.3.2 32bit pae kernel and downloaded/compiled NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.96.run OK and its apparently working fine with my 8600GT nvidia graphics card (I used Shinobar's getnvidia-1.0.pet to perform the compile).

Looking at the DotConfig the configuration matches what you posted above.

Don't really know what I'm doing, just follow the instructions - but from my perspective it all looks fine !!??

Posted: **Sat 02 Jan 2016, 07:28**

rufwoof wrote:compiled NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.96.run OK and its apparently working fine with my 8600GT nvidia graphics card (I used Shinobar's getnvidia-1.0.pet to perform the compile).
from my perspective it all looks fine !!??

Perhaps different versions - mine older 304.131 - yours 340.96 build differently??

Can you do - modinfo nvidia
in a terminal and see if your driver is signed?

Thanks
peebee

Posted: **Sat 02 Jan 2016, 10:22**

peebee wrote:Can you do - modinfo nvidia
in a terminal and see if your driver is signed?

Hi peebee. Don't think it is. I see Licence nvidia ???

Posted: **Sat 02 Jan 2016, 12:29**

rufwoof wrote:
peebee wrote:Can you do - modinfo nvidia
in a terminal and see if your driver is signed?
Hi peebee. Don't think it is. I see Licence nvidia ???

Thanks rufwoof

I'm trying to compile 304.131 drivers for slackocurrent (based on slackware current) however the same error occurs for both tahrpup-6.0.5 and slacko-6.3.0

Nvidia Drivers build no problem for k4.1.11 from 01micko and k4.2.5 from stemsee.

But with k4.3.2 from stemsee I get:

ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module.
ERROR: Installation has failed.
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel

More investigation is needed....

This link has useful info about module signing:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Signed_ker ... le_support

Cheers
peebee

Posted: **Sat 02 Jan 2016, 16:08**

Don't know if it has any bearing, but for reference I used the devx from Tahr 6.0.5 - and the kernel source, zdrv, vmlinuz from emsee 4.3.2 (and I appended the Tahr 6.0.5 ID (from DISTRO_SPECS) to zdrv and vmlinuz)

Posted: **Sat 02 Jan 2016, 16:33**

rufwoof wrote:Don't know if it has any bearing, but for reference I used the devx from Tahr 6.0.5 - and the kernel source, zdrv, vmlinuz from emsee 4.3.2 (and I appended the Tahr 6.0.5 ID (from DISTRO_SPECS) to zdrv and vmlinuz)

I get the same error message with both slacko-6.3.0 and tahrpup-6.0.5 with k4.3.2 so its not the devx that's the problem after all....this is trying to build the 304.131 driver....

Posted: **Sat 02 Jan 2016, 17:53**

Booted to command prompt using emsee 4.3.2 kernel and tahr 6.0.5 puppy. Ran the getnvidia for my own graphics card (340.96) and ran through to completion OK.

Ran getnvidia for the 304.131 (32 bit linux x86) and it seems to compile but then fails at the end (doesn't build pet's/sfs).

/root/getnvidia.log has 5 lines complaining about unknown symbol mtrr_add

/var/log/nvidia-installer.log has a error near the top ... line 28 onwards of (might not be a actual error, maybe just showing code ???)

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-> Building kernel module:
   executing: 'cd ./kernel; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/4.3.2-EmSee-32-pae/source SYSOUT=/lib/modules/4.3.2-EmSee-32-pae/build'...
   NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
   make -C /lib/modules/4.3.2-EmSee-32-pae/build KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux \
   	-f /usr/src/linux/Makefile modules
   test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (		\
   	echo >&2;							\
   	echo >&2 "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";		\
   	echo >&2 "         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
   	echo >&2 "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";	\
   	echo >&2 ;							\
   	/bin/false)
   mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz18575/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131/kernel/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz18575/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131/kernel/.tmp_versions/*
   make -f /usr/src/linux/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz18575/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131/kernel
     cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz18575/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131/kernel/.nv.o.d  -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.8/include -I/usr/src/linux/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated/uapi -Iarch/x86/include/generated  -I/usr/src/linux/include -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linu

and last few lines (3538 onwards) of

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   NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
-> done.
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
-> Installing both new and classic TLS OpenGL libraries.
-> Uninstalling the previous installation with /bin/nvidia-uninstall.
-> Searching for conflicting X files:
-> done.
-> Searching for conflicting OpenGL files:
-> done.
-> Installing 'NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86' (304.131):
   executing: '/sbin/ldconfig'...
   executing: '/sbin/depmod -aq 4.3.2-EmSee-32-pae'...
-> done.
-> Driver file installation is complete.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module.
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.

Looks to my naive eyes that it compiled/built, but hit problems loading the module, maybe because it conflicts with my hardware ???

Don't know if that's of any help/use.

Posted: **Sun 03 Jan 2016, 07:44**

rufwoof wrote:/root/getnvidia.log has 5 lines complaining about unknown symbol mtrr_add

I get those errors too....

Looks like it's a known problem introduced with k4.3 but affecting 304.* series drivers only....

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47092

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topi ... nt=4758413

so it needs a patch to the kernel - or for nvidia to release an updated 304.*.run

Posted: **Sun 03 Jan 2016, 10:25**

Looks like it's a known problem introduced with k4.3 but affecting 304.* series drivers only....

Indeed

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel ... 1486285bdc

The following snippet taken out of this https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manja ... mbol.patch manjaro patch indicates the cause of the problem with the above kernel change

+ * With 2baa891e42d84159b693eadd44f6fe1486285bdc the kernel internal
+ * MTRR interfaces (unexport mtrr_add() and mtrr_del()) got removed.
+ * However Nvidia legacy driver 304xx still needs these exports

mtrr_add() and mtrr_del() having been 'removed', but needed by 304 nvidia driver

Posted: **Sun 21 Feb 2016, 11:56**

A patch has become available to enable the legacy 304.131 driver to correctly install on >k.4.3

I've done a manual build for k4.4.1 to test - see screenie

It would be very nice if such patches could be applied as part of get-nvidia....

The patch is attached - false .gz

Posted: **Sat 02 Apr 2016, 17:05**

peebee wrote:It would be very nice if such patches could be applied as part of get-nvidia....

Just to report that with 666philb's excellent help I have been able to apply the >k4.3 patch to the 304.131 .run file and then use getnvidia to build the sfs.

The secret is knowing that nvidia have used the makeself utility to build the .run files.

You can therefore extract (unpack) the .run file, patch it and then rebuild a patched .run file using the makeself utility which is contained within the .run archive.

The links 666philb gave me to explain this process were:
https://tr.opensuse.org/NVIDIA
http://stephanepeter.com/makeself/

The runes I used were:

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cd directory/where/you/saved/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131.run
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131.run --extract-only

apply patch

./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131/makeself.sh \
--target-os Linux --target-arch x86 \
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131 \
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.131-patched.run \
"NVIDIA driver 304.131 patched for k4.3+" \
./nvidia-installer

If anybody is interested I can upload the patched 304.131 .run file somewhere....

Cheers
peebee

Posted: **Fri 27 May 2016, 17:02**

Here is the patch needed to get nvidia-304.131 to compile on kernel 4.6

Remove false .gz

This is in addition to the kernel 4.3 patch above.

You can download the patched .run if anybody wants it.

Cheers
peebee

Posted: **Fri 03 Jun 2016, 05:40**

Hi peebee,
I can't find the nvidia 304xx driver for
http://lx-pup.weebly.com/slacko60.html
Please let me know if this is available.

btw. unlike any other distros, here the leds Num, Caps and Scroll lock on my keyboard don't light, although the keys work properly. Can this be changed?

Posted: **Fri 03 Jun 2016, 22:58**

riedzig wrote:Hi peebee,
I can't find the nvidia 304xx driver for
http://lx-pup.weebly.com/slacko60.html
Please let me know if this is available.

btw. unlike any other distros, here the leds Num, Caps and Scroll lock on my keyboard don't light, although the keys work properly. Can this be changed?

I've uploaded to:

http://smokey01.com/peebee/nvidia/nvidi ... e-s630.sfs

Can't answer the keyboard lights query I'm afraid - suggest you post somewhere else on the forum with more details of your computer hardware....

Posted: **Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:26**

Hello. Iam new in the linux world, and i need help while installing nvidia drivers.

Kernel - 3.14.20 - PAE
Distribution - tharpup 6.0
Nvidia - Geforce4 440 go 64MB

If possible, i would like to have an already assembled file.

Thanks for the help

Posted: **Thu 30 Jun 2016, 20:10**

I think I have posted about those drivers in the past on Puppy forums.
You can search as well as I can for the posts using my username and "NVIDIA"

(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Nvidia drivers

Recent nvidia updates

Nvidia driver building for kernel 4.3+

Re: Nvidia driver building for kernel 4.3+

Re: Nvidia driver building for kernel 4.3+

Re: Nvidia driver building for kernel 4.3+

Re: Nvidia driver building for kernel 4.3+

304 series problem with k4.3

nvidia 304.* patch for >k4.3

Re: nvidia 304.* patch for >k4.3

304.131 for k4.6

Nvidia driver for Slacko6.0

Re: Nvidia driver for Slacko6.0