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Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers



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?



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