issues with installing graphics card..
I don't understand the issue. The error message seems clear, but I've seen
it before. :) The video driver has to be compiled for the kernel version you are running. You are running a kernel revision that NVidia doesn't have on their web site for download, so it has to be compiled locally. The first issue you run into is that you are running gcc 3.3 and your kernel was compiled w/3.4 I don't know if that will cause problems or not, but I'd upgrade gcc to match. The second issue, and the issue that's stopping you, is that you don't have the kernel sources installed on your machine in a place the installer can find them. I've copied up (and reformatted) the critical parts of your error message: ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' RPM installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line option. You can either 1) run "rpm --install kernel-source" (I'm not on RH at the moment, so that syntax might not be perfect) or 2) run the installer with the option --kernel-source-path and point the installer at your already installed source. Make sense? Jared http://jaredrichardson.net "tazman" wrote in message ... I have an AMD 64 X2 4200+ computer wich I am attemting to put the 64bit release of debian on. The video card is : Nvidia GeForce 6600GT PCIe . modle numbe GV-NX66T256DE The mobo is: ASUS A8N-SLI My isssues is that I can not get the NVIDIA video card drivers to install.. I have down loaded the lattest drivers from the nvidia web site and have tried to sh them.. I get an error and this is the output of the log file.. nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Thu Feb 23 01:36:30 2006 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 : true no questions : false silent : false no backup : false kernel module only : false sanity : false add this kernel : false no runlevel check : false no network : false no ABI note : false no RPMs : false force tls : (not specified) force compat32 tls : (not specified) X install prefix : /usr/X11R6 OpenGL install prefix : /usr compat32 install prefix : /emul/ia32-linux installer install prefix: /usr utility install prefix : /usr kernel name : (not specified) kernel include path : (not specified) kernel source path : (not specified) kernel output path : (not specified) kernel install path : (not specified) proc mount point : /proc ui : (not specified) tmpdir : /tmp ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com RPM file list : (not specified) Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface WARNING: Skipping the runlevel check (the utility `runlevel` failed to run). - 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. - Performing CC test with CC="cc". - gcc-version-check failed: The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc 3.4) does not exactly match the current compiler (gcc 3.3). The Linux 2.6 kernel module loader rejects kern el modules built with a version of gcc that does not exactly match that of t he compiler used to build the running kernel. If you know what you are doing and want to ignore the gcc version check, sel ect "No" to continue installation. Otherwise, select "Yes" to abort install ation, set the CC environment variable to the name of the compiler used to c ompile your kernel, and restart installation. Abort now? (Answer: No) ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running kernel. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' RPM installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' command line option. 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. Starting to pull my hair out on this.. Thanks Taz |
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