Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers

[Scarletdown]

David S wrote:
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?


 From what I remember when I first installed my Nvidia driver, I had the 
same problem.

My solution was to download an up to date Kernel, compile it, then run 
the nvidia ncurses install app.
I am using 2.4.22

Well, I'm already using 2.4.22-xfs, which was installed from the Knoppix CD.

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