Nvidia module fails to build on RHEL

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Nvidia driver package installation fails with:

echo >&2;                           \
echo >&2 "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";       \
echo >&2 "         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
echo >&2 "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";  \
echo >&2 ;                          \
/bin/false)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Nvidia proprietary graphics module

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