Here is the ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
from /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Fri Sep 28 13:10:09 2012
installer version: 304.51
PATH: /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/usr/lib64/java/bin:/opt/kde3/lib64/qt3/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib64/qt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
nvidia-installer command line:
./nvidia-installer
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 304.51.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/3.2.22/source'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/3.2.22/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Performing Xen check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./kernel; make clean'...
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./kernel; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/3.2.22/source SYSOUT=/lib/modules/3.2.22/build'...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make -C /lib/modules/3.2.22/build \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-3.2.22 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="/tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel" -f /usr/src/linux-3.2.22/Makefile \
modules
test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-3.2.22/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel
cc -Wp,-MD,/tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/.nv.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-slackware-linux/4.5.2/include -I/usr/src/linux-3.2.22/arch/x86/include -Iarch/x86/include/generated -Iinclude -I/usr/src/linux-3.2.22/include -include /usr/src/linux-3.2.22/include/linux/kconfig.h -I/tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-format-security -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Os -m32 -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -mtune=generic -Wa,-mtune=generic32 -ffreestanding -fstack-protector -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -DCONFIG_AS_CFI_SECTIONS=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls -pg -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -fno-strict-overflow -fconserve-stack -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO -I/tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel -Wall -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNVRM -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"304.51\" -Wno-unused-function -Wuninitializ
ed -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/nv.o /tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/nv.c
/tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/nv.c:1:0: error: code model 'kernel' not supported in the 32 bit mode
make[4]: *** [/tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel/nv.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz3913/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51/kernel] Error 2
make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at
www.nvidia.com.