Will wrote on 10/28/16 17:21: > Greetings, > > I usually have to run the NVIDIA installer after a kernel update, but > something has changed that has broken the process to build the > proprietary Nvidia kernel module. I've searched around a bit on the > Intarwebs before coming to the list, so here goes. > > > Installer: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.44.run > > If I simply run the installer, if fails with this message: > > ERROR: Failed to run `/usr/sbin/dkms build -m nvidia -v 367.44 -k > 4.7.0-1-amd64`: > Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... > > Building module: > cleaning build area... > 'make' -j8 NV_EXCLUDE_BUILD_MODULES='' > KERNEL_UNAME=4.7.0-1-amd64 modules....(bad exit status: 2) > Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: > 4.7.0-1-amd64 (x86_64) > Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/367.44/build/make.log for more > information. > > And, the output of /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/367.44/build/make.log: > > CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/367.44/build/nvidia/nv-instance.o > /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/367.44/build/nvidia/nv-frontend.c:1:0: error: code > model kernel does not support PIC mode
This is due to the last hardening changes in gcc-6 after 6.2.0-7 see bug reports #841368, #841500, and #841533. There's also given workarounds. See message #51 in #841368 and #52 in #841500. Regards, jvp.
