driver 1.0-5336 + kernel 2.6.3 + debian sid (with GeForce2 MX)

[cyberdam]

Hello !

I've just installed Linux on my computer. I compiled the kernel 2.6.3 when I was still under Debian Woody, and I dist-upgraded to Debian Sid.

Before configure XFree, I downloaded nVidia drivers version 1.0-5336.

Before launching the installer, I set :
export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes
(to avoid the differences of version of the C compiler between Woody and Sid)

And, I launched the installer :
sh /usr/local/src/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run

After built the kernel module, an error message is displayed and said something like this :
ERROR: Unable de load the kernel module "nvidia.ko".

Could you help me about it, please ?

I join the nvidia_installer.log file if you need it...

Thank you

[dcm]

Why in the world would you want to ignore the CC mismatch? The debian cc is 2.95, and if you're compiling linux 2.6.3 with gcc 2.95, then I think you also want to compile the nv interface with the same compiler. Instead, I think you want apt-get install gcc-2.95; export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-2.95 before running the installer.

[LyyNx]

i got the same problem under slackware 9.0 - 2.6.3 ... but i didnt ignore the CC mismatch... and still the problem exsists. it's something with the kernel maybe...

[dcm]

Yeah, me too. If you look around there are many threads describing this problem. One solution is to install some package ... I forget its name but its 2.4 equivalent is "modutils". That doesn't work for most ppl though.

[LyyNx]

module-init-tools to be exact... and it worked for me i installed module-init-tools-3.0 and it worked just fine..

[forestial]

Originally posted by LyyNx
module-init-tools to be exact... and it worked for me i installed module-init-tools-3.0 and it worked just fine..

Yes, and you are going to need this anyway if you have any intention of rebuilding the kernel.