Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
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 Then the kernel nvidia are bothe compiled with the same compiler Good Luck Dave PS I could be wrong but I would not use 2.6 yet, I think it may cause probs as its a majour change. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
I managed to manually compile the drivers. Now, when I go to set up my video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose from. Trouble is, none of them specifically say GeForce 5600 FX. So the question to anyone here who also uses this card... Which one do I select from the list? Is this considered a GeForce-2, or a GeForce-3 (Rev. 1, 2, or 3), or what? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
On December 22, 2003 04:50 am, Scarletdown wrote: 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. The Knoppix kernel is compiled with gcc-2.95-4 before you run the Nvidia installer use either export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-2.95 or export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 and it should compile. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
On Monday December 22 at 01:38am Scarletdown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I managed to manually compile the drivers. Now, when I go to set up my video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose from. How did you end up like that? Nvidia's driver is what they call 'unified,' they built all their cards to use the same driver. That way it's much simpler for them to maintain drivers. Therefor, I have no idea what you're talking about. -- -johann koenig Now Playing: Gob - That's The Way : The World According To Gob Today is Sweetmorn, the 64th day of The Aftermath in the YOLD 3169 My public pgp key: http://mental-graffiti.com/pgp/johannkoenig.pgp pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
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) snip - 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. snip Well, I'm already using 2.4.22-xfs, which was installed from the Knoppix CD. The problem can be seen by using the following two commands: cat /proc/version gcc -v If you have installed from Knoppix, you will see that the versions of gcc are different. Unless you know how to change gcc to use version 2.9.x instead of 3.2, then you should recompile a kernel. I have the same set up as I installed debian using Knoppix. I downloaded the kernel-source-2.4.22 package and used the /boot/config-2.4.22-xfs file as a base configuration for the new kernel (I removed a lot of unneccessary stuff before I compiled). I created a new kernel deb using make-kpkg and installed it using dpkg. I rebooted and tried the NVidia install and it worked just fine. If you have any problems with any of this, just ask. Johnny. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
I managed to manually compile the drivers. Now, when I go to set up my video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose from. Trouble is, none of them specifically say GeForce 5600 FX. So the question to anyone here who also uses this card... Which one do I select from the list? Is this considered a GeForce-2, or a GeForce-3 (Rev. 1, 2, or 3), or what? I am not sure I am with you, it sounds like you are doing things the older way. For XFree86 4.x you can use the command (ensure X is not running first): dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 This will provide you with an ncurses menu to help you configure X. You should select XFree86 as your xserver and nvidia as your driver. You should not need to specify your exact card anywhere (unless you want to state it in the card description). Make sure that glx is loaded (has a star against it) and GLCore and DRI is not loaded. Most of the rest of the menu options are pretty straighforward... but ask if you are unsure. If you save the config at the end then you should just be able to 'startx' and get playing UT2003 Johnny. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Next Challenge - nVidia Video Drivers
From: Scarletdown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Today 03:38:30 I managed to manually compile the drivers. Now, when I go to set up my video card, I am faced with a large list of nVidia cards to choose from. Trouble is, none of them specifically say GeForce 5600 FX. So the question to anyone here who also uses this card... Which one do I select from the list? Is this considered a GeForce-2, or a GeForce-3 (Rev. 1, 2, or 3), or what? The Geforce 5600 FX is considered a Geforce FX, I guess you are making your XF86config-4 file, with Debconf? If you use the Nvidia driver it will know what card you have, as long as you use the right driver. The identifer in XF86config-4 really doesn't care what name you use. You could name it really anything, but the driver should be nvidia, and your BusID should be what is used on your motherboard. This is taken from my device section of my XF86config-4 file. Section Device Identifier Geforce fx 5600 ultra Driver nvidia BusID PCI:01:05:00 EndSection You might be able to leave off the BusID section, but in my case it would not recognize my card and kept giving me no screen found errors. Also I am glad you got your nvidia driver to compile, I ended up editing the Makefile in /usr/nv and adding the lines IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH at the top of the Makefile then running the script nvidia install script again. happy holidays; Rthoreau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
