New FX5200 Card, Can not install

[BeyondFate]

My Distro is Gentoo. I am pretty new at linux. That said, here is where i am stuck:
I download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4349.run and ran it with sh per the instructions. Error: No precompiled kernel interface was found to match my kernel (huh?)
It tried to build it but at 20% errors out saying Unable to load nvidia.o. make sure you've installed the kernel header files for your kernel (again, huh?)
When i check out the /var/log/nvidia entry, it says hint: your are trying to load a module without a GPL compatible license and it has unresolved symbols. Contact the module supplier for assistance, only they can help you (sounds a bit omminous)

i also, afterward, tried 'emerge nvidia-kernel' but that didn't help.

i also downloaded NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4349 and unzipped it. when i go in and run 'make' i get loads of modprobe errors. invalid line, etc.

can anyone point me in the right direction? specific steps would be so appreciated. i am doing this all with w3m as kde wont run and it is SO difficult.
Thanks in Advance!
-BF

[bwkaz]

People here can probably help, but we're going to need much more specific information.

The exact errors, full contents of the nvidia-installer.log file, stuff like that.

[BeyondFate]

Sorry for the lack of information. i am attaching my nvidia-installer.log. what other information would be helpful? I am still messing with my XF86config in hopes of getting KDE to work.

My video card: Gainward Geforce FX 5200
Gigabyte GA7VRXP Mother Board, Athlon XP 1800
512 DDR 2700 Crucial

Thank you for replying, i hope the installer.log helps, it doesn't make much sense to me.

Regards,
BF

[Andy Mecham]

You have unresolved symbols, which means that your kernel source and running kernel are not in sync. You need to make sure that your kernel sources are configured to match whatever kernel you're currently running. I'm not entirely sure how to confirm that with Gentoo, but there are lots of Gentoo folks on this board, so they might have a better suggestion than I would.

--andy

[BeyondFate]

quick question about XF86config, in the driver line under section device, what should be there? geforce? nvidia? i am not sure on that.

my card isn't on the list to chose from when configuring XF86config, so i am editing it manually. (had to for my usb optical mouse too earlier)


again, thank you!!

andy- thanks for pointing me in a direction. i wasnt sure where to tackle this. i will look into that.

[Andy Mecham]

The line Driver "nvidia" should appear. Please see the README for full examples.

--andy

[BeyondFate]

nvidia wasnt working, so i thought i missed something. i have read every readme i can find 10 times over :) thanks

[bwkaz]

Driver "nvidia" won't work if your kernel module won't load, and it won't load because of unresolved symbols.

Umm.... maybe try grabbing just the sources for the kernel off Portage, then compiling it like normal? That way, you can keep the correct, configured source tree around so the nVidia drivers can use it. Worth a shot, anyway.