Bug#625761: nvidia-kernel-dkms: unusable; oopses on module load

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2011-05-09 18:39, Adam Borowski wrote:
> On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 05:51:40PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
>> Have you tried different Kernels? e.g. 2.6.39-rcX from experimental,
>> 2.6.32-* from stable?
> 
> 2.6.32-5-amd64 crashes as well.  I'll try 2.6.39-rc6 once I nab a working
> kbuild.

See http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage
There is a script build-linux-kbuild.sh
In http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624297 is a patch
that adds support for -rcX kernels to the build-linux-kbuild.sh script.

> I also have a feeling that ancient gcc might have something to do:
> 2.6.32-5 is built with gcc-4.3, 2.6.38-2 with gcc-4.4 (stock Debian
> packages).  I'll try 2.6.39-rc6 with gcc-4.6 now.

In case you are concerned that your build system is somehow borked, I
can send you a tested (as in "I'm currently running it") prebuilt module
package for 2.6.32-5-amd64.

Andreas