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0000998Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2014-01-27 17:172015-08-18 12:46
Reporterr0tati0n Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionnot fixable 
Platformx86OSKaliOS Version1.0
Product Version1.0.6 
Summary0000998: Nvidia drivers failed to install
Description

The installation of the Nvidia drivers failed. The error ist that the module "unified memory" cannot be compiled. installing the drivers with the switch "--no-unified-memory" makes the drivers install but CUDA needs unified mem, so CUDA is not working with the kali 3.12 kernel.

Laptop: T61p Lenovo
3 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD T9300 CPU,
GPU: Nvidia NV570 Quadro

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rhertzog

rhertzog

2014-01-27 19:52

administrator   ~0001452

Hello, can you explain how you get to that error? Is it while installing nvidia drivers with one of the Kali provided packages? Or are you trying to install them manually?

Because AFAIK nvidia-kernel-dkms does work correctly with Linux 3.12 of Kali.
r0tati0n

r0tati0n

2014-01-28 17:11

reporter   ~0001466

I installed the manually.
Downloaded them from Nvidia and installed them including the switch...
jaimechiquita111

jaimechiquita111

2014-02-10 16:02

reporter   ~0001511

Last edited: 2014-02-10 16:04

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && apt-get install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r)
apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms
sed 's/quiet/quiet nouveau.modeset=0/g' -i /etc/default/grub
update-grub
//Verify if drivers are working
glxinfo | grep -i "direct rendering"

Complete tutorial in:
http://docs.kali.org/general-use/install-nvidia-drivers-on-kali-linux
rhertzog

rhertzog

2014-02-24 16:12

administrator   ~0001562

We can't support installation of external software. The nvidia drivers provided by Kali do not fail to install. And cuda is provided by Kali too.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-01-27 17:17 r0tati0n New Issue
2014-01-27 19:52 rhertzog Note Added: 0001452
2014-01-27 19:52 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2014-01-27 19:52 rhertzog Status new => feedback
2014-01-28 17:11 r0tati0n Note Added: 0001466
2014-01-28 17:11 r0tati0n Status feedback => assigned
2014-02-10 16:02 jaimechiquita111 Note Added: 0001511
2014-02-10 16:02 jaimechiquita111 Note Edited: 0001511
2014-02-10 16:04 jaimechiquita111 Note Edited: 0001511
2014-02-24 16:12 rhertzog Note Added: 0001562
2014-02-24 16:12 rhertzog Status assigned => closed
2014-02-24 16:12 rhertzog Resolution open => not fixable
2015-08-18 12:46 g0tmi1k Priority immediate => normal