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

[Dow Hurst]

There is a entry in the SuSE online help database about mismatched 
kernels.  What has happened is you've got the Athlon kernel, with it's 
config file too, in the /boot directory.  However, the kernel source 
hasn't got the Athlon config file in it.  So you have to copy the 
original .config in /usr/src/linux to .config-original.  Then copy the 
/boot/.config to /usr/src/linux.  Now, try installing the Nvidia 
drivers.  You should have the Nvidia script complete okay.  I don't 
remember at the moment if there were any other steps but I am pretty 
sure there weren't.  I was installing VMware 4.x and having the same 
problem.  I would look up "kernel" on the SuSE online help database at 
www.suse.com and just confirm the procedure.  If you just recompile then 
you would need to be careful with your configuration of the kernel.
Dow


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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