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arizonajoe

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Registered: 2022-02-22

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Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

I am noticing occasional video breakup with the latest nouveau driver in Firefox (example: when encountering any disqus CAPTCHA image during the image selection process.)  Breakup is very bad with a resource-intensive app like Google Earth.   I use jriver-media-center (28) and have had multiple image fracturing in that app.  I have also had a few total system freezes as well this week, suspecting that nouveau may have been the culprit.  Hard to know.  I tried to move over to the nvidia-470xx-dkms driver with  nvidia-470xx-utils today and ran into a problem with "Missing (various) kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01. "

The failed install generates a list of errors as follows:

(2/2) Install DKMS modules
==> ERROR: Missing trizen kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing opt kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing lost+found kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sda1 kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing boot kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing bin kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sbin kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sdg1 kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sdb1 kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing usr kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing lib kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing tmp kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing srv kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing run kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sde1 kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing dumps kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing dev kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sdf1 kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sys kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sdc1 kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing proc kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing home kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing sdd1 kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing lib64 kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing var kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing mnt kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing root kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.
==> ERROR: Missing etc kernel headers for module nvidia/470.103.01.

The full output is at my 'pastebin' here: http://sprunge.us/mTexM0

I do have multiple drives mounted (with no problems) as I have dedicated each category of personal files (Docs, photos, videos. etc.) to their own SSD.
I am surprised to see that the error involves kernel headers relative to each of the boot drive's root directories.  I am using  a new Samsung NVMe 970Pro w/o issues.
I do have  linux-headers 5.16.10.arch1-1 installed with no prior issues, but I suspect that linux-headers is not what the errors are referring to.
If anyone is having similar issues migrating from a buggy nouveau over to nvidia's proprietary, albeit dkms, driver for these older cards, any criticisms would be appreciated.

Last edited by arizonajoe (2022-02-24 22:12:44)

Scimmia

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Re: Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

What is the output of `mount`?

arizonajoe

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Re: Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

Here is the output of 'mount'.

http://sprunge.us/v0BKb6

Last edited by arizonajoe (2022-02-22 23:54:23)

seth

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Re: Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

pacman -Qikk dkms
ls -l /usr/lib/modules
cat /etc/dkms/framework.conf

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arizonajoe

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Re: Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

Thanks for prior replies.

The output of the three commands member Seth requested is here: http://sprunge.us/i9fhXe

seth

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Re: Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

There's no apparent reason (left) for dkms or the pacaman hook to consider your root path to be the install dir.
If the error remains, post the installed /usr/src/nvidia-*/dkms.conf and try to build the package w/o trizen or any other AUR helper that might sed around in the PKGBUILD.

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arizonajoe

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Re: Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

Firstly, let me thank you all for your helpful replies. Secondly, I just figured it couldn't hurt to uninstall and reinstall the linux-headers as 'nvidia headers' were mentioned in the original error output.  I reinstalled and rebooted and then installed the 470xx driver, utils, and settings without a pacman helper and without incident. I have to assume that there was a corruption that was either corrected by installing a fresh copy of linux-headers, or by installing the nvidia driver the old-fashioned way. I've not experienced corruption due to errors introduced by the use of a pacman helper before, but this may have been tbe first time.  I won't be using trizen or yay,  etc., when installing from the AUR repo when that installation involves critical drivers in the furture.

seth

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Re: Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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arizonajoe

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Re: Errors installing nvidia-470xx-dkms for old Geforce 780Ti -RESOLVED

Thanks again to Seth for advice on marking threads *resolved.*  I don't have a need to use this or any forum much, but when I do, I'll be sure to signal that there's no task left.