Can not get wireless card to even show up

**pytheas22** · October 26th, 2010

I have not messed with the xconfig files or anything to do with x yet. I feel that nv or nouveau is in the boot loader or something, since I have blacklisted it and uninstalled it and I keep getting the error that is is conflicting etc...

Sometimes you have to update your "init ramdisk" in order to prevent modules from loading. You can find out more about what this means via Google if you want; I only have a vague understanding, but the command you need to run is:

Code:

sudo update-initramfs

Then try rebooting and whichever modules you have in the blacklist should not load, unless you explicitly load them with the "modprobe" command.

Oh, ironically. With the first fresh install I had so so graphics and after a restart or something both monitors showed up and I was able to adjust refresh rates and resolution etc.... then later I ran the suggested updates that pops up all the time. Then after the updates I only have one screen. I'm debating on doing a fresh install and not doing the updates....

Did both monitors start working after you installed the Nvidia driver using the package from the website, or after? If it was before, then it's likely that installing the Nvidia driver is what caused the problems. If it was after, then it's likely that you originally had everything working with the proprietary Nvidia driver, but then an update to a different package broke things (the update manager would not have updated the Nvidia driver if you installed it from source, since the update manager can only take care of packages installed through the Software Center, or ones that are present in a fresh installation of Ubuntu). In the latter case, if you knew which package caused the problem (probably one related to X11, but it's hard to know for sure without more information), you could reinstall Ubuntu, then mark that package to be held at its current, working version, so that it would not be upgraded anymore.

**d3v1150m471c** · October 26th, 2010

Originally Posted by pytheas22

mark that package to be held at its current, working version, so that it would not be upgraded anymore.

i never noticed that... how does one go about this?

**claven123** · October 27th, 2010

Here is my var/log/nvidia-installer.log

To clarify... I had two monitors and was able to alter the refresh rates... I attempted to get install the new monitors etc... and many many other things. Then always returned to the same state. The only time I lost the two monitors was when I installed the suggested updates.

I was looking at the monitors to figure out which was vga and dvi and I restarted and now I have both monitors and I'm able to adjust refresh rates etc... but no nvidia drivers.

I have two outputs one is vga and the other is DVI. BOTH monitors are connected by VGA connectors, so one is converted by the cable.

Interesting....

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sun Oct 24 14:15:58 2010
installer version: 260.19.12

PATH:
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
precompiled interfaces : true
no ncurses color : false
query latest version : false
no questions : false
silent : false
no recursion : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
no kernel module : false
force SELinux : default
no X server check : false
no cc version check : false
run distro scripts : true
no nouveau check : false
run nvidia-xconfig : false
sigwinch work around : true
force tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : (not specified)
X library install path : (not specified)
X module install path : (not specified)
OpenGL install prefix : (not specified)
OpenGL install libdir : (not specified)
utility install prefix : (not specified)
utility install libdir : (not specified)
installer prefix : (not specified)
doc install prefix : (not specified)
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
precompiled kernel interfaces path : (not specified)
precompiled kernel interfaces url : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)
selinux chcon type : (not specified)

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 260.19.12.
-> Running distribution scripts
executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'...
-> done.
-> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Continue installation
anyway? (Answer: Yes)
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Performing Xen check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./kernel; make clean'...
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./kernel; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/b
uild SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build'...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are
missing.";\
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it
."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.tmp_versions ; r
m -f /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.tmp_versions/*
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.1
2/kernel
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.nv.o.d -nos
tdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/src/linux-h
eaders-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include include/genera
ted/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototy
pes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-functio
n-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno
-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-r
eturn -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-o
utgoing-args -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_
AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wn
o-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -
mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=1024 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sib
ling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-o
verflow -fconserve-stack -I/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel
-Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DN
VRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"260.19.12\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D
"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBU
ILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.t
mp_nv.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:27,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv.c
:13:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/uaccess.h:571,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:84,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv.c
:13:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:
In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:2
09: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
set -e ; perl /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/recordmcoun
t.pl "i386" "little" "32" "objdump" "objcopy" "cc" "ld" "nm" "" "" "1" "/tmp
/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv.o";
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.nv_gvi.o.d
-nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/src/lin
ux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include include/ge
nerated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-pro
totypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-fun
ction-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -
m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=
2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Wa,-mtune=generic32
-ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FR
AME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-u
nwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=1024
-fno-omit-frame-pointer
-fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-
sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -I/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x8
6-260.19.12/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KE
RNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"260.19.12\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -D
NDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv_gvi)"
-D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x
86-260.19.12/kernel/.tmp_nv_gvi.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12
/kernel/nv_gvi.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:27,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv_g
vi.c:15:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/uaccess.h:571,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:84,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv_g
vi.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:
In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:2
09: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
set -e ; perl /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/recordmcoun
t.pl "i386" "little" "32" "objdump" "objcopy" "cc" "ld" "nm" "" "" "1" "/tmp
/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv_gvi.o";
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.nv-vm.o.d -
nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/src/linu
x-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include include/gen
erated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prot
otypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-func
tion-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m
32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
-march=i686 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -
ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRA
ME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-un
wind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=1024
-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-
statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -I/tmp/sel
fgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast
-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"260.19.1
2\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASEN
AME=KBUILD_STR(nv_vm)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidi
a)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.tmp_nv-vm.o /t
mp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-vm.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:27,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-v
m.c:14:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/uaccess.h:571,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:84,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-v
m.c:14:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:
In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:2
09: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
set -e ; perl /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/recordmcoun
t.pl "i386" "little" "32" "objdump" "objcopy" "cc" "ld" "nm" "" "" "1" "/tmp
/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-vm.o";
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.os-agp.o.d
-nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/src/lin
ux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include include/ge
nerated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-pro
totypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-fun
ction-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -
m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=
2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Wa,-mtune=generic32
-ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_
CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-a
synchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-lar
ger-than=1024 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdecl
aration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-st
ack -I/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-com
pare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STR
ING=\"260.19.12\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -
D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(os_agp)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)"
-c -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.tmp_os-agp.o /tmp/
selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-agp.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:27,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-a
gp.c:24:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/uaccess.h:571,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:84,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-a
gp.c:24:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:
In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:2
09: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
set -e ; perl /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/recordmcoun
t.pl "i386" "little" "32" "objdump" "objcopy" "cc" "ld" "nm" "" "" "1" "/tmp
/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-agp.o";
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.os-interface
.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/s
rc/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include incl
ude/generated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstri
ct-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implic
it-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
-O2 -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boun
dary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Wa,-mtune=gene
ric32 -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIG
NAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchro
nous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-tha
n=1024 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration
-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -I/
tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -W
no-cast-qual -Wno-err
or -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"260.19.12\" -UDEBUG -U
_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR
(os_interface)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz198
1/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.tmp_os-interface.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVID
IA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-interface.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:27,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-i
nterface.c:26:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/uaccess.h:571,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:84,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-i
nterface.c:26:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:
In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:2
09: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
set -e ; perl /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/recordmcoun
t.pl "i386" "little" "32" "objdump" "objcopy" "cc" "ld" "nm" "" "" "1" "/tmp
/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-interface.o";
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.os-registry.
o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/sr
c/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include inclu
de/generated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstric
t-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implici
t-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delet
e-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return
-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-outgoin
g-args -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI
=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign
-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3d
now -Wframe-larger-than=1024 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-c
alls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflo
w -fconserve-stack -I/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel -Wall
-MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -D
NV_VERSION_STRING=\"260.19.12\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUIL
D_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(os_registry)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=
KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel
/.tmp_os-registry.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-reg
istry.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:27,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-r
egistry.c:15:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/uaccess.h:571,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:84,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-r
egistry.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:
In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:2
09: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
set -e ; perl /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/recordmcoun
t.pl "i386" "little" "32" "objdump" "objcopy" "cc" "ld" "nm" "" "" "1" "/tmp
/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-registry.o";
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.nv-i2c.o.d
-nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/src/lin
ux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include include/ge
nerated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-pro
totypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-fun
ction-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -
m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=
2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Wa,-mtune=generic32
-ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FR
AME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-u
nwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow
-Wframe-larger-than=1024 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
-pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fc
onserve-stack -I/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel -Wall -MD
-Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_V
ERSION_STRING=\"260.19.12\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_ST
R(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv_i2c)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_ST
R(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.tmp_nv-
i2c.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-i2c.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:27,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-i
2c.c:8:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/uaccess.h:571,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:84,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-i
2c.c:8:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:
In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:2
09: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
set -e ; perl /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/recordmcoun
t.pl "i386" "little" "32" "objdump" "objcopy" "cc" "ld" "nm" "" "" "1" "/tmp
/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-i2c.o";
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.nvacpi.o.d
-nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/src/lin
ux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include include/ge
nerated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-pro
totypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-fun
ction-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -
m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=
2 -march=i686 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Wa,-mtune=generic32
-ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FR
AME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-u
nwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=1024
-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-
statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -I/tmp/sel
fgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast
-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"260.19.1
2\" -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASEN
AME=KBUILD_
STR(nvacpi)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz1981/N
VIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.tmp_nvacpi.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-
x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvacpi.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:27,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvac
pi.c:15:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/uaccess.h:571,
from include/linux/poll.h:14,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-l
inux.h:84,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvac
pi.c:15:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:
In function ‘copy_from_user’:
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h:2
09: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions
set -e ; perl /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/recordmcoun
t.pl "i386" "little" "32" "objdump" "objcopy" "cc" "ld" "nm" "" "" "1" "/tmp
/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvacpi.o";
ld -m elf_i386 -r -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/n
vidia.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-kernel.o /tmp/s
elfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linu
x-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv_gvi.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/k
ernel/nv-vm.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-agp.o /tm
p/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-interface.o /tmp/selfgz198
1/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/os-registry.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Lin
ux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-i2c.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/
kernel/nvac
pi.o
(cat /dev/null; echo kernel//tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/ker
nel/nvidia.ko

> /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/modules.
order
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/Makefile.modpost
scripts/mod/modpost -m -a -i /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/Modu
le.symvers -I /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/Module.symve
rs -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/Module.symvers -S -
w -s
WARNING: could not find /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.n
v-kernel.o.cmd for /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nv-kern
el.o
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/.nvidia.mod.o
.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.4.5/include -I/usr/src
/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include -Iinclude -include includ
e/generated/autoconf.h -Iubuntu/include -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict
-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit
-function-decla
ration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2 -m32 -msoft-
float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i6
86 -mtune=generic -maccumulate-outgoing-args -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestan
ding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCO
NFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tabl
es -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -Wframe-larger-than=1024 -fno-omit
-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement
-Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -I/tmp/selfgz1981/NV
IDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno
-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"260.19.12\" -UDEBU
G -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nvid
ia.mod)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -DMODULE -c -o /tmp/selfgz1
981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvidia.mod.o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Li
nux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvidia.mod
.c
In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:17,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/percpu.h:44,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/current.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/incl
ude/asm/processor.h:15,
from include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
from include/linux/list.h:6,
from include/linux/module.h:9,
from /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvid
ia.mod.c:1:
include/linux/bitops.h: In function ‘hweight_long’:
include/linux/bitops.h:49: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional
expression
ld -r -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/scripts/modu
le-common.lds --build-id -o /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kerne
l/nvidia.ko /tmp/selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvidia.o /tmp/
selfgz1981/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.12/kernel/nvidia.mod.o
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
-> done.
-> Kernel module compilation complete.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most
frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or
improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs
from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as
rivafb, nvidiafb, or nouveau is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel
module from obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or
NVIDIA GPU installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA
Linux graphics driver release.

Please see the log entries 'Kernel module load error' and 'Kernel
messages' at the end of the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for
more information.
-> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './kernel/nvidia.ko': -1
Cannot allocate memory
-> Kernel messages:
[ 15.292046] hda_codec: ALC888: SKU not ready 0x411111f0
[ 15.300032] hda_codec: ALC888: BIOS auto-probing.
[ 15.743679] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[ 16.044706] cx18-0 843: loaded v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
[ 16.064985] cx18-0 843: verified load of v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware
(16382 bytes)
[ 16.115723] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 16.304570] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 16.327148] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 16.360871] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC5] enabled at IRQ 16
[ 16.360879] alloc irq_desc for 16 on node -1
[ 16.360881] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1
[ 16.360893] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[APC5] -> GSI 16
(level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 16.360899] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 16.365128] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Detected an NV50 generation card
(0x086400a2)
[ 16.369157] [drm] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: Failed to PRAMIN BAR
[ 16.370269] nouveau 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 16.370281] nouveau: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -12
[ 16.386356] usb 1-4: usbfs: interface 1 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets
config #1
[ 16.905149] mtrr: base(0xf9000000) is not aligned on a size(0xe00000)
boundary
[ 18.746661] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[ 25.281020] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
[ 76.504023] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -77409520 ns)
[ 255.703632] mtrr: no MTRR for f9000000,e00000 found
[ 313.955982] alloc_vmap_area: 10 callbacks suppressed
[ 313.955986] vmap allocation for size 9334784 failed: use vmalloc=<size>
to increase size.
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.

**claven123** · October 27th, 2010

Quote:
Originally Posted by claven123

vmap allocation for size 9334784 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.

This is a 32-bit memory limitation issue. Your options are to use 64-bit if your system supports it or increase vmalloc. The README explains this problem and how to fix it: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...kva_exhaustion

Does this sound like a good idea? I have to edit the grub to increase the size of my vmalloc....

**pytheas22** · October 27th, 2010

claven123: thanks for the output. It looks like the nvidia.ko module built without issue, so the vmalloc error mentioned in your dmesg output is probably the issue (though it's hard to say with certainty because the nvidia module is not too verbose about why it can't load). I would definitely try changing the vmalloc allocation using the instructions you found--to which the link is corrupted, by the way, but if I recall correctly, you just need to change one of the boot parameters, which should be easy to do by editing /etc/default/grub. If you need help let me know.

d3v1150m471c: yes, it's a little-known feature that can come in handy sometimes. Basically:

Code:

sudo aptitude hold name_of_package

is the syntax, although there are other approaches outlined here. I think there's also a way to do it graphically using Synaptic Package Manager but I'm not sure.

**claven123** · October 27th, 2010

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...hapter-09.html

Chpt 9, then this heading: Kernel virtual address space exhaustion on the X86 platform

Thanks, will do this tonight.

Question.... I update the grub and I can't boot the machine.... then what. I guess I need to get to the tty, and then edit the grub2 back to the original setting...

I wonder why this is an issue and why it's not corrected on the kernel or nvidia developers....

Is this the fix for all the others who are having the same issues with ubuntu 10.10 and nvidia drivers....

**d3v1150m471c** · October 28th, 2010

pytheas, that's an excellent tool. thanks for that.

**pytheas22** · October 28th, 2010

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...hapter-09.html

Chpt 9, then this heading: Kernel virtual address space exhaustion on the X86 platform

Thanks, will do this tonight.

Question.... I update the grub and I can't boot the machine.... then what. I guess I need to get to the tty, and then edit the grub2 back to the original setting...

Unfortunately, if screwing with grub renders your system unbootable, you won't even be able to get into a fullscreen terminal because you won't be able to boot at all. So to be safe from grub errors, you should back up your /boot/grub and /etc/grub.d directories before playing with grub. If something goes wrong, you'll be able to boot to a live CD and restore your grub configuration from the back up.

I wonder why this is an issue and why it's not corrected on the kernel or nvidia developers....

The kernel people would say they can't be responsible because Nvidia's driver is closed-source, so even if they wanted to fix the problem, they can't without access to the code.

Nvidia probably would reply that it can't support every possible Linux configuration, because there are too many of them and they are not regulated by anyone, so you shouldn't use the latest kernel if it causes problems with whichever driver Nvidia makes available.

Then some kernel developer would reiterate that if only Nvidia would open up its code, there would be no more war or poverty or buggy software.

This is why the open-source world is so fun

Is this the fix for all the others who are having the same issues with ubuntu 10.10 and nvidia drivers....

I'm not sure, honestly. Since I don't have Nvidia I haven't followed this issue too closely. But it certainly looks from your dmesg output like the vmalloc bit is your problem. I'm not sure if that's also at the root of other people's problems.