[SOLVED] can't install NVIDIA driver, Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.74-1-pve (x86_64)

kerimdk

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Hello guys , when i'm trying to install NVIDIA driver by running
$ dkms install -m NVIDIA -v 510.85.03
i'm getting the following error:
Code:
dkms install -m nvidia -v 510.85.03

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...
'make' -j20 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' KERNEL_UNAME=5.15.74-1-pve IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH='' modules......(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.74-1-pve (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/make.log for more information.

here's my system and kernel information:
Code:
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Release:        11
Codename:       bullseye

dmseg Linux version 5.15.74-1-pve (build@proxmox) (gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2) #1 SMP PVE 5.15.74-1 (Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:17:15 +0100) ()
Code:
$lscpu
Architecture:                    x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                  32-bit, 64-bit
Model name:                      Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz
Virtualization:                  VT-x

lspci | grep VGA 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] (rev a1) 09:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ASPEED Technology, Inc. ASPEED Graphics Family (rev 30)

so what to do to install nvidia driver?
note that i've successfully installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm.run driver on my server and enabled the iommu.
 
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not completely sure what you want to accomplish, you say:
note that i've successfully installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm.run driver on my server and enabled the iommu.
but still want to install the nvidia driver? what for?

also to see why the compilation has failed check:
Code:
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/make.log for more information.
 
here's the output of compilation has failed
Code:
cat make.log
DKMS make.log for nvidia-510.85.03 for kernel 5.15.74-1-pve (x86_64)
Mon 21 Nov 2022 10:10:26 AM CET
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.74-1-pve'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
  The kernel was built by: gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110
  You are using:           cc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110
  SYMLINK /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-kernel.o
 CONFTEST: hash__remap_4k_pfn
 CONFTEST: set_pages_uc
 CONFTEST: list_is_first
 CONFTEST: set_memory_uc
 CONFTEST: set_memory_array_uc
 CONFTEST: set_pages_array_uc
 CONFTEST: acquire_console_sem
 CONFTEST: console_lock
 CONFTEST: ioremap_cache
 CONFTEST: ioremap_wc
 CONFTEST: acpi_walk_namespace
 CONFTEST: sg_alloc_table
 CONFTEST: pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot
 CONFTEST: get_num_physpages
 CONFTEST: efi_enabled
 CONFTEST: pde_data
 CONFTEST: PDE_DATA
 CONFTEST: proc_remove
 CONFTEST: pm_vt_switch_required
 CONFTEST: xen_ioemu_inject_msi
 CONFTEST: phys_to_dma
 CONFTEST: get_dma_ops
 CONFTEST: dma_attr_macros
 CONFTEST: dma_map_page_attrs
 CONFTEST: write_cr4
 CONFTEST: of_get_property
 CONFTEST: of_find_node_by_phandle
 CONFTEST: of_node_to_nid
 CONFTEST: pnv_pci_get_npu_dev
 CONFTEST: of_get_ibm_chip_id
 CONFTEST: node_end_pfn
 CONFTEST: pci_bus_address
 CONFTEST: pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device
 CONFTEST: pci_remove_bus_device
 CONFTEST: register_cpu_notifier
 CONFTEST: cpuhp_setup_state
 CONFTEST: dma_map_resource
 CONFTEST: backlight_device_register
 CONFTEST: get_backlight_device_by_name
 CONFTEST: timer_setup
 CONFTEST: pci_enable_msix_range
 CONFTEST: kernel_read_has_pointer_pos_arg
 CONFTEST: kernel_write
 CONFTEST: kthread_create_on_node
 CONFTEST: of_find_matching_node
 CONFTEST: dev_is_pci
 CONFTEST: dma_direct_map_resource
 CONFTEST: tegra_get_platform
 CONFTEST: tegra_bpmp_send_receive
 CONFTEST: flush_cache_all
 CONFTEST: vmf_insert_pfn
 CONFTEST: jiffies_to_timespec
 CONFTEST: ktime_get_raw_ts64
 CONFTEST: ktime_get_real_ts64
 CONFTEST: full_name_hash
 CONFTEST: hlist_for_each_entry
 CONFTEST: pci_enable_atomic_ops_to_root
 CONFTEST: vga_tryget
 CONFTEST: pgprot_decrypted
 CONFTEST: cc_mkdec
 CONFTEST: iterate_fd
 CONFTEST: seq_read_iter
 CONFTEST: sg_page_iter_page
 CONFTEST: unsafe_follow_pfn
 CONFTEST: drm_gem_object_get
 CONFTEST: drm_gem_object_put_unlocked
 CONFTEST: set_close_on_exec
 CONFTEST: add_memory_driver_managed
 CONFTEST: device_property_read_u64
 CONFTEST: devm_of_platform_populate
 CONFTEST: of_dma_configure
 CONFTEST: of_property_count_elems_of_size
 CONFTEST: of_property_read_variable_u8_array
 CONFTEST: i2c_new_client_device
 CONFTEST: i2c_unregister_device
 CONFTEST: of_get_named_gpio
 CONFTEST: devm_gpio_request_one
 CONFTEST: gpio_direction_input
 CONFTEST: gpio_direction_output
 CONFTEST: gpio_get_value
 CONFTEST: gpio_set_value
 CONFTEST: gpio_to_irq
 CONFTEST: icc_get
 CONFTEST: icc_put
 CONFTEST: icc_set_bw
 CONFTEST: dma_set_coherent_mask
 CONFTEST: acpi_bus_get_device
 CONFTEST: get_task_ioprio
 CONFTEST: vfio_register_notifier
 CONFTEST: mdev_parent_dev
 CONFTEST: mdev_dev
 CONFTEST: mdev_get_type_group_id
 CONFTEST: mdev_uuid
 CONFTEST: mdev_from_dev
 CONFTEST: mdev_set_iommu_device
 CONFTEST: pci_irq_vector_helpers
 CONFTEST: kvmalloc
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_of_node_to_nid
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_gpl_sme_active
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_swiotlb_map_sg_attrs
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_swiotlb_dma_ops
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present___close_fd
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_close_fd
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_get_unused_fd
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_get_unused_fd_flags
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_nvhost_get_default_device
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_nvhost_syncpt_unit_interface_get_byte_offset
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_nvhost_syncpt_unit_interface_get_aperture
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_tegra_dce_register_ipc_client
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_tegra_dce_unregister_ipc_client
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_tegra_dce_client_ipc_send_recv
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_dram_clk_to_mc_clk
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_get_dram_num_channels
 CONFTEST: is_export_symbol_present_tegra_dram_types
 CONFTEST: file_operations
 CONFTEST: file_inode
 CONFTEST: kuid_t
 CONFTEST: dma_ops
 CONFTEST: swiotlb_dma_ops
 CONFTEST: noncoherent_swiotlb_dma_ops
 CONFTEST: vm_fault_has_address
 CONFTEST: backlight_properties_type
 CONFTEST: vm_insert_pfn_prot
 CONFTEST: vmf_insert_pfn_prot
 CONFTEST: address_space_init_once
 CONFTEST: vm_ops_fault_removed_vma_arg
 CONFTEST: vmbus_channel_has_ringbuffer_page
 CONFTEST: device_driver_of_match_table
 CONFTEST: device_of_node
 CONFTEST: node_states_n_memory
 CONFTEST: kmem_cache_has_kobj_remove_work
 CONFTEST: sysfs_slab_unlink
 CONFTEST: proc_ops
 CONFTEST: timespec64
 CONFTEST: vmalloc_has_pgprot_t_arg
 CONFTEST: acpi_fadt_low_power_s0
 CONFTEST: mm_has_mmap_lock
 CONFTEST: pci_channel_state
 CONFTEST: pci_dev_has_ats_enabled
 CONFTEST: mt_device_gre
 CONFTEST: remove_memory_has_nid_arg
 CONFTEST: mdev_parent
 CONFTEST: vfio_info_add_capability_has_cap_type_id_arg
 CONFTEST: vfio_device_gfx_plane_info
 CONFTEST: vm_fault_t
 CONFTEST: vfio_device_migration_has_start_pfn
 CONFTEST: mdev_parent_ops_has_open_device
 CONFTEST: dom0_kernel_present
 CONFTEST: nvidia_vgpu_kvm_build
 CONFTEST: nvidia_grid_build
 CONFTEST: nvidia_grid_csp_build
 CONFTEST: get_user_pages
 CONFTEST: get_user_pages_remote
 CONFTEST: pm_runtime_available
 CONFTEST: drm_available
 CONFTEST: pci_class_multimedia_hd_audio
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-pci.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-acpi.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-cray.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-dma.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-i2c.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-mmap.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-p2p.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-pat.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-procfs.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-procfs-utils.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-usermap.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-vm.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-vtophys.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/os-interface.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/os-mlock.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/os-pci.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/os-registry.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/os-usermap.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-modeset-interface.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-pci-table.o
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-dma.c: In function ‘nv_dma_use_map_resource’:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-dma.c:783:5: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code [-Wdeclaration-after-statement]
  783 |     const struct dma_map_ops *ops = get_dma_ops(dma_dev->dev);
      |     ^~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-dma.c: At top level:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-dma.c:991: warning: "IMPORT_SGT_STUBS_NEEDED" redefined
  991 | #define IMPORT_SGT_STUBS_NEEDED 0
      |
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-dma.c:985: note: this is the location of the previous definition
  985 | #define IMPORT_SGT_STUBS_NEEDED 1
      |
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/os-interface.c:30:10: fatal error: nv-misc.h: No such file or directory
   30 | #include "nv-misc.h"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-mmap.c: In function ‘nv_encode_caching’:
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-mmap.c:343:16: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
  343 |             if (NV_ALLOW_CACHING(memory_type))
      |                ^
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/nv-mmap.c:346:9: note: here
  346 |         default:
      |         ^~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:297: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build/nvidia/os-interface.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1902: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/510.85.03/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.74-1-pve'
make: *** [Makefile:82: modules] Error 2
 
i just was need to patch the file before installing it with this command ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm.run --apply-patch ~/vgpu-proxmox/510.85.03.patch
then install it [B]./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-510.85.03-vgpu-kvm-custom.run --dkms [/B] that solved the problem in my case, and i didn't need to re-install it using dkms install -m NVIDIA -v 510.85.03 command.
you can check the status of your gpu with: nvidia-smi
my source: https://gitlab.com/polloloco/vgpu-proxmox
 

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