I got that same error when I tried installing vmware last night...Figured a kernel recompile is in the future for me. -Chris http://stageofbattle.org On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 15:13, Marc Williams wrote: > I just performed a fresh install of FC1 on my older Athlon machine last > night and all went well. > > I wish to install the nVidia Linux driver so that I might once again be > able to run my display at something larger than 1024x768. Under RH9, > the Linux nVidia driver allowed me to do just that. However, when I > attempt to install the nVidia driver, it errors out by saying: > > 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. > > > A quick check through the archives tells me that I should be able to set > a variable up that says: > > IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1 > > > But when I do that, I get yet another error message that says: > > [1;31m*** Failed cc sanity check. Bailing out! *** > [0mmake: *** [gcc-check] Error 1 > -> Error. > ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module. > > > This brings to mind two questions: > 1) How do I fix this? > 2) Why is there a compiler mismatch in the first place? (There wasn't > under RH9) > > Thanks for any help! > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
