Installing nVidia drivers

[ilvidel]

Hello:

I am running VBox with a Debian guest. I need the guest to have the nVidia drivers, but I can't do it because I always get an error when compiling:

ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module "nvidia.ko". This happens most frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevernts the NVIDIA kernel module from obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s).
Please see the log entries 'Kernel module load error' and 'Kernel messages' at the end of the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for more information.


And in nvidia-installer.log I find the following error:
-> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './user/src/nv/nvidia.ko': -1 No such device

The above error is from the propietary driver installer. The free driver (module-assisstant auto-install nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx) doesn't compile either.

I am not trying to have 3D acceleration in the guest, but I need it to have these drivers installed. ¿Can't I install a driver for a card I don't have?

[Perryg]

You can not install drivers for a card you don't have. The guest sees a virtual video card "vboxvideo" and the only way to get better resolution is to install the guest additions (in the guest)

[ilvidel]

You can not install drivers for a card you don't have. The guest sees a virtual video card "vboxvideo" and the only way to get better resolution is to install the guest additions (in the guest)

Sorry to read that.

Anyway, thanks for your reply.