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khazdar

Member

From: ohio

Registered: 2003-11-06

Posts: 123

Cannot Install Nvidia

I cannot installed the nvidia driver. I am running 2.6.13; just installed ALL the updates this morning.

I am of course, not running X while trying to install.

Here's what I get:

checking package integrity... done.
loading package data... done.
checking for file conflicts... done.
installing nvidia... done.
IMPORTANT
==> In order to use the software, you have to agree to NVIDIA's license located in
==> /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/LICENSE else please remove this package
Installation starts now ...
INSTALLATION FAILED!
==> You have to shutdown Xserver to finish installation! You have to rerun 'pacman -S nvidia'
==> Other installation errors can be found at: /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
rm: cannot remove `/usr/lib/libGL.la': No such file or directory
FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
If you need more information about setting up nvidia drivers have a look at:
"http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/How … DIA_driver"

What should I do?

ozar

Member

From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: Cannot Install Nvidia

If you've upgraded your kernel, you'll need to reboot into the new kernel before nvidia will install.

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oz

iLLucionist

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From: Groningen, Netherlands

Registered: 2005-09-09

Posts: 18

Re: Cannot Install Nvidia

:arrow: Make sure you are in kernel 2.6.13.
:arrow: Make sure no X (or what kind-a X-relative process, e.g. GNOME, GDM, KDM, whatever) is running.

If you compile and it still fails, then you could probably try installing the package manually by running:

pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-1.0.7676-3.tar.gz

or whatever your latest/wished nvidia pkg name is.

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xerverius

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From: ~

Registered: 2004-11-02

Posts: 230

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Re: Cannot Install Nvidia

Xorg and the kernel need to be compiled with the same gcc version.

khazdar

Member

From: ohio

Registered: 2003-11-06

Posts: 123

Re: Cannot Install Nvidia

Well that explains why it wasn't working with:

kernel26archck 2.6.13.archck6.1-2

I booted into plain ole' 2.6.13 and it worked fine.

Thanks all

-Khaz