Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
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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