Another NVIDIA Driver headache

[kyonides]

Well, I was trying to install the proper NVIDIA graphics card driver on my box till I couldn't go any further because of some weird error message it keeps throwing at my face every single time I think I managed to solve my issue.

Extracted from the nvidia-installer-log file found in /var/log/

ERROR: The kernel header file '/usr/include/linux/kernel.h' does
       not exist.  The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source
       path '/usr/include/linux' is incorrect.  Please make sure you have
       installed the kernel source files for your kernel and that they are
       properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you
       have the 'kernel-source' or 'kernel-devel' RPM installed.  If you know
       the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the
       kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line option.

As a summary it says it cannot find this file /usr/include/linux/kernel.h even if the locate command tells me such a file does exist and I do find it there while browsing that linux folder via Dolphin.

This is as close as I have come to finally install the drivers since wine stop working due to an unresolved issue with nouveau drivers.

What am I doing wrong here?

Another nvidia driver package told me which one was the correct one to be installed on my system, so this one is the right package and this kind of issue's been resolved. Then what's going on here?

EDIT

Somehow I managed to go further in the driver installation process but now I'm getting another kind of error...

ERROR: The kernel header file
       '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25/include/linux/version.h' does not
       exist.  The most likely reason for this is that the kernel source files
       in '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-25' have not been configured.

I know what it means but how am I supposed to configure it? What should I do now?

[SteveRiley]

Please show the output of

dpkg -l | grep linux-headers

[kyonides]

Please show the output of

dpkg -l | grep linux-headers

Here is its output:

# dpkg -l | grep linux-headers
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-35                            3.2.0-35.55                                     Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.2.0
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-35-generic                    3.2.0-35.55                                     Linux kernel headers for version 3.2.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-3.5.0-21                            3.5.0-21.32~precise1                            Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.5.0
ii  linux-headers-3.5.0-21-generic                    3.5.0-21.32~precise1                            Linux kernel headers for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

[SteveRiley]

Well, the first column of a dpkg output indicates package state, and would have listed something different if the packages weren't properly configured.

Which kernel have you booted? Run:

uname -a

and reply with the output.

[kyonides]

Well, the first column of a dpkg output indicates package state, and would have listed something different if the packages weren't properly configured.

Which kernel have you booted? Run:

uname -a

and reply with the output.

This is the output you requested. Besides the current kernel version running on my system and some minor details what do both outputs tell you? Is there something I'm missing?

$ uname -a
Linux kurshesde 3.5.0-21-generic #32~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 13 20:30:13 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

BTW, I tried installing the driver after booting my box with the 3.20 kernel version and then with the other one but it didn't make any difference.

[SteveRiley]

Hm. uname -a tells me you're booting kernel 3.5.0-21. In reviewing your previous response, I see that you have the header files (required for compiling the nVidia drivers) for 3.5.0-21 and 3.2.0-35. But the error in your first message indicates that the installer is trying to locate 3.2.0-25.

What's the output of

dpkg -l | grep linux-image

ls -al /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/*/nvidia

ls -al /lib/modules/*/updates/dkms

[oshunluvr]

I'd like to know which nvidia driver package you're trying to install and the method of installation.