Arch Linux

lugge

Member

Registered: 2017-03-17

Posts: 33

Need kernel sources for building nvidia?

Hi there,

trying to run Arch on an older PC which has an Nvidia GTX460.
According wiki, I need nvidia 390xx driver for this GPU, which means I have to build and install https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-390xx-dkms/ package.

Running makepkg -si gets me end up with a build error message:

==> Extracting sources...
==> Starting prepare()...
Creating directory NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.138-no-compat32
Verifying archive integrity... OK
Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 390.138....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
patching file kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h
patching file kernel/conftest.sh
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2045 (offset 139 lines).
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch; use --binary to disable.)
patching file kernel/common/inc/nv-linux.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 535 (offset 4 lines).
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch; use --binary to disable.)
patching file kernel/common/inc/nv-mm.h
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch; use --binary to disable.)
patching file kernel/conftest.sh
Hunk #1 succeeded at 4072 (offset 5 lines).
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch; use --binary to disable.)
patching file kernel/nvidia/nvidia.Kbuild
==> Starting build()...
make[1]: *** /usr/src/linux: No such file or directory.  Stop.
make: *** [Makefile:81: modules] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

/usr/src/linux is empty, thus, build fails.
dkms and kernel-headers are installed.

However, my questions:
1) Which package do I need to get to have the proper sources in /usr/src/linux?
2) All dependencies of the AUR package are met, why am I missing build requirements?
3) To prevent these issues in the future, how can I check which packages have files in /usr/src/linux so I can get these information by myself in the future?

Regards,
lugge

Last edited by lugge (2020-09-18 08:17:39)

Awebb

Member

Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,286

Re: Need kernel sources for building nvidia?

Beyond your problem, this package seems to be a split package of nvidia-390xx. Are you sure -si is the makepkg switch you want to use here?

lugge

Member

Registered: 2017-03-17

Posts: 33

Re: Need kernel sources for building nvidia?

I'm not sure, but this is the switch I use most of the time.
Instead of asking these kind of questions, just tell me, is this switch wrong, and, if so, why and whats the correct one?

V1del

Forum Moderator

Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,740

Re: Need kernel sources for building nvidia?

linux-headers should contain that (... and the PKGBUILD hardcodes that for at least the initial build https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/ … -390xx#n70 ), which you claim to have installed, so...

pacman -Qkk linux-headers

if you use a different kernel without having that installed at all that could explain this.

for the 3rd question in a general sense: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … cific_file

Edit: To elaborate on what awebb aludes to here, the -i switch in particular would lead to both -dkms and non dkms to get installed while you only really want the former. it shouldn't have a relevant effect at the point of which the build is currently failing though

Last edited by V1del (2020-09-18 08:44:38)

Awebb

Member

Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,286

Re: Need kernel sources for building nvidia?

I've tried to build the package and it worked. The linux-headers package populates my /usr/src/linux. Maybe try building it in a clean chroot (see the wiki about that).

And yes, V1del is right, this is a split package. The -i flag installs the package after you've built it, but I'm not sure you'd want both packages at the same time. This isn't the source of your problem, obviously, just a general consideration.