klee12 wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I tried to install the nvidia driver from Nvidia. After I ran then
> nvidia-installer, the installation bombed. I looked in the nvidia-
> installer.log and it said after some compilation messages
>
> ld -r -o nvidia.o nv-linux.o nv-kernel.o
> -> done.
> -> Kernel module compilation complete.
> ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.o'. 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,

did you upgrade gcc? are you using swaret or slapt-get and had them do
updates for you? not sure what gcc slack 10.1 ships with, but you can do
`gcc -v` and figure out if its the default one of if its upgraded

> or if a driver
> such as
> rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel
> module from
> obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s).
>

is xwindows running? make sure that those modules aren't loaded, do `lsmod |
most` to see what is loaded

>
> I'm running Slackware 10.1 so possibly somethings are out of date. Any
> help greatly appreciated.

If you think its the out of date issue, try older versions of the nvidia
driver. they have them under archive just before you download it.

>
> Thanks in advance
>
> klee12


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