On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 08:49, Scarletdown wrote: > I just tried to install the GeForce video drivers downloaded from > nVidia's site, in hopes that I would be able to make proper use of my > video card (GeForce 5600 FX with 256MB RAM) > > Here is what the log file showed after the drivers failed to install... > > nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' > creation time: Sun Dec 21 22:32:09 2003 > > option status: > license pre-accepted : false > update : false > force update : false > expert : false > uninstall : false > driver info : false > no precompiled interface: false > no ncurses color : false > query latest driver ver : false > OpenGL header files : false > no questions : false > silent : false > XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6 > OpenGL install prefix : /usr > Installer install prefix: /usr > kernel include path : (not specified) > kernel install path : (not specified) > proc mount point : /proc > ui : (not specified) > tmpdir : /tmp > ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com > > Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface > -> License accepted. > -> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; > would you li > ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your > kernel f > rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: Yes) > -> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA > ftp site; > this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel > interface for > your kernel. > -> Kernel include path: '/lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/build/include' > -> Cleaning kernel module build directory. > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'... > rm -f nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-linux.o > nv_compiler.h * > .d NVdriver nvidia.o > -> Building kernel module: > executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make nvidia.o > SYSINCLUDE=/lib/modules/2.4.22-xf > s/build/include'... > > You appear to be compiling the NVIDIA kernel module with > a compiler different from the one that was used to compile > the running kernel. This may be perfectly fine, but there > are cases where this can lead to unexpected behaviour and > system crashes. > > If you know what you are doing and want to override this > check, you can do so by setting IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH. > > In any other case, set the CC environment variable to the > name of the compiler that was used to compile the kernel. > > #[1;31m*** Failed cc sanity check. Bailing out! *** > #[0mmake: *** [gcc-check] Error 1 > -> Error. > ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module. > ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file > '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find > suggestions > on fixing installation problems in the README available on the > Linux > driver download page at www.nvidia.com. > > Any suggestions on how to get this to work? i had this exact problem with 2.4.22-1-686 kernel. the problem is, that this kernel was built with gcc-3.3, so try to install gcc-3.3, and runnvidia's installer after it.
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