0003764: Nvidia Driver 375.20 couldn't be compiled on 4.8.0-kali1-amd64

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003764	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2016-12-08 13:40	2016-12-08 14:29

Reporter	mame82	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2016.2

Summary	0003764: Nvidia Driver 375.20 couldn't be compiled on 4.8.0-kali1-amd64
Description	Attempting to compile the latest 64 Bit Nvidia Driver fails with an error "kernel does not support PIC mode". This seems to be an issue on current gcc compiler (--enable-default-pie flag). The issue has been solved by changing the symlink target of /usr/bin/gcc from /usr/bin/gcc-6 back to /usr/bin/gcc-5 before running the driver installer from NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20.run. The non-free nvidia driver was needed, because OpenCL support for hashcat-3.10 wasn't working with the driver shipped with kali (nvidia-kernel-dkms). Installing nvidia-opencl-icd didn't fix this. The non-free Nvidia Driver allows OpenCL usage after successful compilation.
Steps To Reproduce	Download and run NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.20.run, compilation error could be seen in /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/375.20/build/make.log if installation fails (install with DKMS).
Additional Information	Same solution has been reported to Nvidia forum https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/977645/linux/support-kernel-4-8-/post/5034308/#5034308

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-12-08 13:40	mame82	New Issue
2016-12-08 14:29	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2016-12-08 14:29	rhertzog	Status	new => resolved
2016-12-08 14:29	rhertzog	Resolution	open => fixed
2016-12-08 14:29	rhertzog	Note Added: 0006151

rhertzog 2016-12-08 14:29 administrator ~0006151	We have uploaded linux 4.8.11 which should fix this. It's currently building and should be available tomorrow in kali-rolling. The kernel build now adds the -fno-PIE flag to disable the implicit -fPIE added by gcc-6.