Re: Problem in installing nvidia driver

["Hoyt Bailey" <hoyt13@wiredok.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Ng Yuen Sum" <james_nghk_debian_user@yahoo.com.hk>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 02:18
Subject: Problem in installing nvidia driver


> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install the nvidia driver for my geforce 2 mx 400 display
> card. I have read the mailing lists here about the installation problem
> others have encountered. But when I download it and run, I cannot
> install it correctly. I have added the path of my kernel-headers file,
> but it still cannot run it. Here is my /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
>
> > nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
> > creation time: Thu Nov 6 16:08:46 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 : /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.20-3-k7/include
> > 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.
> > -> Using the kernel include path
> > '/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.20-3-k7/include'
> > as specified by the '--kernel-include-dir' commandline option.
> > -> Kernel include path: '/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.20-3-k7/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=/usr/src/kernel-header
> > s-2.4.20-3-k7/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.
> >
> > *** Failed cc sanity check. Bailing out! ***
> > make: *** [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.
>
>
> I do not know what wrong with the my command.
>
> > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run
> > --kernel-include-path=/usr/src/kernel-headers-$(uname -r)/include
>
> Regards,
> James NG
>
I hope you get a more complete answer but it appears that you are using the
wrong gcc.
Regards;
Hoyt