Well I recompiled the kernel and it took about 3 or 4 hours but it finally works... Besides not having the pretty bootscreen it looks like a slackware install, I only have one problem now... the NVIDIA drivers (legacy) arent working... Im using the nv drivers right now but when i try to compile the drivers it gives me an error....
EDIT: The main part in the kernel config that I changed was under Device Drivers>Network device support>USB Network Adapters.........and well wasnt really sure but made sure all the suboptions in there were compiled into the kernel
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sun Nov 2 23:40:49 2008
option status:
license pre-accepted : true
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
precompiled interfaces : false
no ncurses color : false
query latest version : false
OpenGL header files : true
no questions : true
silent : false
no recursion : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : true
no network : true
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : true
no kernel module : false
force SELinux : default
no X server check : true
force tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : (not specified)
X library install path : (not specified)
X module install path : (not specified)
OpenGL install prefix : (not specified)
OpenGL install libdir : (not specified)
utility install prefix : (not specified)
utility install libdir : (not specified)
doc install prefix : (not specified)
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror :
ftp://download.nvidia.com RPM file list : (not specified)
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted by command line option.
-> Skipping check for conflicting rpms.
-> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 71.8
6.04). As part of installing this driver (version: 71.86.04), the existing
driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a
bort installation) (Answer: Yes)
-> Not probing for precompiled kernel interfaces.
-> Performing CC sanity check with CC="cc".
-> Performing CC version check with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.27/source'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.27/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Performing Xen check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.27/source S
YSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.27/build'...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/2.6.27/build KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/
modules/2.6.27/source SUBDIRS=/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv mo
dules
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27/build \
KBUILD_SRC=/usr/src/linux-2.6.27 \
KBUILD_EXTMOD="/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv" -f /usr/src/lin
ux-2.6.27/Makefile \
modules
test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \
echo; \
echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \
echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are mis
sing."; \
echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it
."; \
echo; \
/bin/false)
mkdir -p /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/.tmp_versions ; rm -f /
usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/.tmp_versions/*
make -f /usr/src/linux-2.6.27/scripts/Makefile.build obj=/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NV
IDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv
cc -Wp,-MD,/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/.nv.o.d -nostdinc
-isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/include -D__KERNEL__ -Iincl
ude -Iinclude2 -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.27/include -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.27/arch/
x86/include -include include/linux/autoconf.h -I/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.
86.04/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-stric
t-aliasing -fno-common -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -O2 -m32 -msoft
-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i
686 -mtune=pentium3 -mtune=i686 -ffreestanding -DCONFIG_AS_CFI=1 -DCONFIG_AS
_CFI_SIGNAL_FRAME=1 -pipe -Wno-sign-compare -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
-mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -I/usr/src/linux-2.6.27/include/asm-x
86/mach-default -Iinclude/asm-x86/mach-default -fno-stack-protector -fomit-f
rame-pointer -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign -I/usr/src/vl-
pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wfo
rmat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror
-MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -
D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KER
NEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"71.86.04\" -DNV_UNIX -
DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DMODULE -D"KB
UILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD
_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.o /usr/sr
c/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/bitops.h:17,
from include/linux/kernel.h:15,
from include/linux/sched.h:52,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h
:19,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/asm/bitops.h: In function 'set_bit':
include/asm/bitops.h:60: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arithmeti
c
include/asm/bitops.h: In function 'clear_bit':
include/asm/bitops.h:97: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arithmeti
c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:6,
from include/linux/preempt.h:11,
from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from include/linux/seqlock.h:29,
from include/linux/time.h:8,
from include/linux/timex.h:57,
from include/linux/sched.h:54,
from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h
:19,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function 'prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:57: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/utsname.h:35,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h
:19,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/sched.h: In function 'object_is_on_stack':
include/linux/sched.h:1969: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arithm
etic
In file included from include/asm/dma-mapping.h:9,
from include/linux/dma-mapping.h:52,
from include/asm-generic/pci-dma-compat.h:7,
from include/asm/pci.h:94,
from include/linux/pci.h:983,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h
:83,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/scatterlist.h: In function 'sg_virt':
include/linux/scatterlist.h:199: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in a
rithmetic
In file included from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:104:27: error: asm/se
maphore.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h
:106,
from /usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:14:
include/linux/highmem.h: In function 'zero_user_segments':
include/linux/highmem.h:134: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
include/linux/highmem.h:134: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
include/linux/highmem.h:134: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
include/linux/highmem.h:134: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
include/linux/highmem.h:137: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
include/linux/highmem.h:137: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
include/linux/highmem.h:137: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
include/linux/highmem.h:137: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In function 'nvos_proc_cre
ate':
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:562: error: 'proc_root_driv
er' undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:562: error: (Each undeclare
d identifier is reported only once
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:562: error: for each functi
on it appears in.)
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In function 'nv_kern_vma_n
opage':
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1736: error: 'NOPAGE_SIGBUS
' undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c: At top level:
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1743: error: unknown field
'nopage' specified in initializer
/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1743: warning: initializati
on from incompatible pointer type
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv/nv.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [_module_/usr/src/vl-pkgs/NVIDIA-71.86.04/usr/src/nv] 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.
I know this isn't part of the subject but if you guys cant help me out where on the forums should I ask?
