On Tue November 13 2007, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > is that enough info? > > Yes, it is. Install the gcc-4.1 package if it is not on your system > already. Then run > > export CC=gcc-4.1
well, it went further insto the process, but still bombed out at the nvidia.ko : -> Performing CC version check with CC="gcc-4.1". NVIDIA: calling KBUILD... make CC=gcc-4.1 KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /usr/src/linux SUBDIRS=/tmp/selfgz11601 /NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules test -e include/linux/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || ( \ echo; \ echo " ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ echo " include/linux/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing."; \ echo " Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it ."; \ echo; \ /bin/false) -> Kernel module compilation complete. ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This happens most frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s). Please see the log entries 'Kernel module load error' and 'Kernel messages' at the end of the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for more information. -> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko': -1 Invalid module format ------------------- there is no /usr/src/nv... ls /usr/src linux linux-2.6.18.4 linux-headers-2.6.18-4 linux-headers-2.6.18-4-686 linux-headers-2.6.18-5 linux-headers-2.6.18-5-686 linux-kbuild-2.6.18 linux-OLDVERSION.1191720673 modules nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-5-686_100.14.20+2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch3_i386.deb nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log$ -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]