nvidia driver

[Kevin Brouelette]

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 14:50, Marc Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 16:13, Florin Andrei wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 13:13, Marc Williams wrote:
> > 
> > > I wish to install the nVidia Linux driver so that I might once again be
> > > able to run my display at something larger than 1024x768.  Under RH9,
> > > the Linux nVidia driver allowed me to do just that.  However, when I
> > > attempt to install the nVidia driver, it errors out by saying:
> > > 
> > >    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  
> > 
> > Please do a
> > 
> > export CC=gcc32
> > 
> > before compiling any kernel module (including NVidia).
> > 
> > Please report the results, as i'm highly interested in the outcome.
> 
> Bingo!  This worked like a charm.  Thank you very much.
> 
> Still, it seems a little silly to have to do this...


Hello,
I ran the installer with the '--add-this-kernel' option and didn't have
to export CC.
Works fine and I have twinview running dual monitors 2048x768.
Kevin B