[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#523024: Bug#523024: nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-source: kernel module still not compiles

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 08:53:58PM +0200, Stephane Glondu wrote:
> Package: nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-source
> Version: 173.14.18-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Compilation with module-assistant with a 2.6.29 kernel fails... Or
> let's say doesn't do anything:

Pretty sure it worked here.

> [...]
> dh_prep
> # Build the modules
> /usr/bin/make -C . LINUXDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.29-1-amd64/build KVERREL=2.6.29-1-amd64
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx'
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx'
> # Install the modules
> dh_installdirs
> install -m 0644 /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx/debian/override /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx/debian/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-2.6.29-1-amd64/usr/share/lintian/overrides/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-2.6.29-1-amd64
> install -m 0644 /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx/nvidia.ko /usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx/debian/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-2.6.29-1-amd64/lib/modules/2.6.29-1-amd64/nvidia/nvidia.ko ; \
> 
> install: cannot stat `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx/nvidia.ko': No such file or directory
> make[1]: *** [binary-modules] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx'
> make: *** [kdist_build] Error 2
> [...]
> 
> The call to "make -C . LINUXDIR=..." doesn't do anything.
> 
> Compiling using upstream's instructions works perfectly, though, and
> the driver does work with it... I guess this is some packaging bug.

Did you delete any old /usr/lib/modules/nvidia* directory before
extracting the new one?

-- 
Len Sorensen