[ale] NVidia Driver Install - SuSE (mismatched compiler)

[James P. Kinney III]

What you need to do is to compile a kernel , load and run that kernel,
then install the nVidia drivers. It won't work (usually) with the stock,
shipping kernels unless the entire distro on your machine is not changed
since the install.

On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 11:43, BruceG wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
>    I'm trying to install the NVidia drivers in SuSE. Went to the NVidia site 
> and downloaded the current drivers. Entered init 3 to jump out of X and 
> compile the drivers. Didn't have the kernel source, so grabbed the source.
> 
>    I get the following error message when running the NVidia driver install 
> program:
> 
> ---cut stuff off
> 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.
> 
>    *** Failed cc sanity check. Bailing out! ***
>    make: *** [gcc-check] Error 1
> ---
> 
>    Any idea how to get around the problem? I don't know how to set the CC 
> environment variable, don't know the name of the compiler used to compile my 
> kernel (using a "straight" kernel from SuSE). Don't know how to set 
> IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH.
> Thanks - Bruce
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