install nvidia driver problem

[Ed Greshko]

On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 06:49, Ding Li wrote:
> Hi,gurus
> 
> I got an error when I installed nvidia driver. Anybody has an idea 
> what's going on and how to solve it? My system is rh 9.0.
> 
> Here is the /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
> 
> nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
> creation time: Tue Apr  6 14:23:40 2004
> 
> 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 source path      : /usr/src/linux
>   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.
> -> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/linux' as specified by the
>    '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.

What happens if you *don't* specify the --kernel-source-path option?


> -> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux'
> -> Performing cc_version_check with CC="cc".
> ERROR: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename.
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ding
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