Can't be inserted into 4.3 kernel

[Iain Lane]

I just installed "nvidia-current", which was probably an error (I'm now using
-352) but nevertheless it couldn't be loaded into my 4.3 kernel, on xenial.

Jan 05 12:10:54 raleigh.local kernel: mtrr: no MTRR for f1000000,e00000 found
Jan 05 12:10:55 raleigh.local kernel: nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
Jan 05 12:10:55 raleigh.local kernel: nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)
Jan 05 12:10:55 raleigh.local kernel: nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
Jan 05 12:10:55 raleigh.local kernel: nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)

If we're providing it then it should be loadable into our shipping kernel.
Otherwise maybe stop?

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Don't have the full dkms log any more, but this is from apt.

Setting up nvidia-304 (304.131-0ubuntu2) ...^M
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-304/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode^M
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-304/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode^M
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/nvidia-304/glamor.conf to provide /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/glamoregl.conf (glamor_conf) in auto mode^M
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)^M
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-19-generic^M
INFO:Enable nvidia-304^M
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude^M
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad^M
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here^M
Loading new nvidia-304-304.131 DKMS files...^M
Building for 4.2.0-19-generic and 4.3.0-5-generic^M
Building for architecture x86_64^M
Building initial module for 4.2.0-19-generic^M
Done.^M
^M
nvidia_304:^M
Running module version sanity check.^M
 - Original module^M
   - No original module exists within this kernel^M
 - Installation^M
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.2.0-19-generic/updates/dkms/^M
^M
depmod....^M
^M
DKMS: install completed.^M
Building initial module for 4.3.0-5-generic^M
Done.^M
^M
nvidia_304:^M
Running module version sanity check.^M
 - Original module^M
   - No original module exists within this kernel^M
 - Installation^M
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.3.0-5-generic/updates/dkms/^M
^M
depmod....^M
^M
DKMS: install completed.^M

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Same here. I'm on:
 Linux duo 4.3.0-5-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 16 23:32:24 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

Card is:
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G71 [GeForce 7900 GT/GTO] (rev a1)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sami Nieminen (sami-nieminen)]

Debian has a patch for this here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809324

[Brian G. Maddox (brian-maddox)]

Just installed Ubuntu MATE 16.10 and I still have problems with the 304 drivers. Module still can't install with these in syslog:

Oct 16 16:50:24 sdf1 kernel: [ 31.814521] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
Oct 16 16:50:24 sdf1 kernel: [ 31.815037] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)

It's an Inspiron E1705 with
NVIDIA Corporation G71M [GeForce Go 7900 GS] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

I see the fix released for Debian but the patch doesn't seem to be in 304 for Ubuntu 16.10. Am going to patch the .run myself for now and install manually.

[Anatoly Borodin (anatoly.borodin)]

There is a new bug opened https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1634802 , that shows the same problem that Brian observes in the Yakkety release.