nvidia beta not installing on 3.12

[drb]

FAO towo

I've got a sidux install, dist-upgraded and, until recently, have used the aptosid kernels. I had little success with installing beta nvidia drivers with aptosid 3.11 but managed to install 331.20 on 3.11-6.towo-siduction-686-pae i686. I have recently tried and failed to install 331.20 on 3.12-0.towo-siduction-686-pae i686. Some discussion at :

http://techpatterns.com/forums/about2335.html

Any ideas?

infobash -v3
Host/Kernel/OS  "hypnos32" running Linux 3.11-6.towo-siduction-686-pae i686 [ sidux 2010-01 Ύπνος - kde-full - (201006131622) ]
CPU Info        2x AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 1024 KB cache flags( sse3 ht nx lm svm ) clocked at [ 1000.000 MHz ]
Videocard       NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210]  X.Org 1.14.3  [ 1920x1080@60.0hz ]
Network cards   NVIDIA MCP55
Processes 173 | Uptime 1:27 | Memory 1197.4/4049.0MB | HDD WDC WD3200AAKS-0,WDC WD6400AAKS-0,ST2000DM001-1CH1,ST2000DM001-1CH1 Size 4961GB (30%used) | GLX Renderer GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW! | GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 331.20 | Client Shell | Infobash v3.46

[piper]

hmm, i don't have any 686-pae i686 boxes to test

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piper@x1:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: x1 Kernel: 3.12-0.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit)
           Desktop: KDE 4.11.3 Distro: siduction 13.0.5 PaintItBlack - kde - (201308031300)
Machine:   Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-970A-UD3 version: x.x Bios: Award version: F7 date: 10/22/2012
CPU:       Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm)
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 2500.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz 5: 1400.00 MHz 6: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GF106 [GeForce GTS 450] X.Org: 1.14.3 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1200@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GTS 450/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20
Audio:     Card-1: NVIDIA GF106 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.12-0.towo-siduction-amd64
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 90:2b:34:a5:99:2d
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 2820.6GB (58.4% used) 1: id: /dev/sdb model: ST3320620AS size: 320.1GB
           2: id: /dev/sdc model: ST31000528AS size: 1000.2GB 3: id: /dev/sda model: ST3500630AS size: 500.1GB
           4: id: /dev/sdd model: ST31000528AS size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID: / size: 255G used: 61G (24%) fs: reiserfs ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 25.5C mobo: N/A gpu: 35C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 192 Uptime: 4 min Memory: 706.4/7973.3MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.16

[drb]

Thanks for that Piper. I'm going to install a 64 bit version in the next few days so at least it looks as if I'll be OK with the kernel upgrade!

[ralul]

Yes,
64bit a RAM issue? Having 4 Gbyte of it?
I think these days we have multiarch, we have pepperflash 64bit ...
and 64bit much more tested/used by developers.

I saw discussing the issue of nvidia-uvm.ko and patches at nvidia forums: But I can't find this module on my system.

The more serious issue with nvidia-drivers-331.20 is a SIGCHILD signal masking discussed in gentoo bugs. But I don't know if this is confirmed.

[dibl]

I have 3 siduction systems with Nvidia GPUs and proprietary driver -- all 64-bit.  They are all updated recently and I have not seen any problems.  This one is a GT200, similar to OP's GT218:

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root@suzdesk:/# inxi -v3
System:    Host: suzdesk Kernel: 3.12-0.towo-siduction-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: KDE 4.11.3 (Qt 4.8.6) Distro: siduction 12.2.0 Riders on the Storm - kde - (201212092131)
Machine:   Mobo: Intel model: D975XBX2 version: AAD53350-509 serial: BQB2745000PP
           Bios: Intel version: BX97520J.86A.2813.2008.0114.2256 date: 01/14/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 CPU X6800 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 13866.9
           Clock Speeds: 1: 2926.00 MHz 2: 2926.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           X.org: 1.14.3 driver: nvidia tty size: 109x38 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network:   Card: Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: e1000e ver: 2.3.2-k port: 1000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:1c:c0:1f:54:35
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 300.1GB (33.8% used) 1: model: WDC_WD3000HLFS
Info:      Processes: 162 Uptime: 5 min Memory: 678.3/3957.8MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.45) inxi: 1.9.16
root@suzdesk:/# apt-cache policy nvidia-glx
nvidia-glx:
  Installed: 331.20-0.siduction.1
  Candidate: 331.20-0.siduction.1
  Version table:
     331.20-1 0
          1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental/non-free amd64 Packages
*** 331.20-0.siduction.1 0
        100 http://packages.siduction.org/experimental/ unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     319.72-1 0
        500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/non-free amd64 Packages


If I understand the techpatterns forum post, the problem could be in the sgfxi installer script.  I have not used sgfxi, but followed the siduction manual (dkms) method.