My system:
Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256 MB
archlinux-2013.09.01-dual
uname -rs
Linux 3.11.2-1-ARCH
At first i tried to install nvidia driver through pacman
and a had
NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
I tried to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.17 from Nvidia web site
and i had:
include/linux/compiler.h:152:40: note: in definition of macro ‘likely’
# define likely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
^
/tmp/selfgz494/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.17/kernel/nv-i2c.c: In function ‘nv_i2c_del_adapter’:
/tmp/selfgz494/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.17/kernel/nv-i2c.c:327:14: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be
osstatus = i2c_del_adapter(pI2cAdapter);
^
make[3]: *** [/tmp/selfgz494/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.17/kernel/nv-i2c.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz494/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.17/kernel] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
Then i tried to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60 from Nvidia web site
and:
num_physpages’ undeclared (first use in this function)
i fixed it with [solved] NVIDIA Linux 3.11 compatibility (error: ‘num_physpages’ undeclared (first use i - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums
and after reboot i have black screen again
if i do startx i have
[ 76.676829] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
[ 76.677001] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:711)
[ 76.677008] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Any help?