nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Wed May 19 04:59:55 2004

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: false
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : false
no questions : false
silent : false
XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
Installer install prefix: /usr
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No) <== even if I chose yes result is still the same
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means
that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.5-1.358/build'
-> Performing cc_version_check with CC="gcc32".
-> gcc-version-check failed:

Could not compile gcc-version-check.c

If you know what you are doing and want to ignore the gcc version check, sel
ect "No" to continue installation. Otherwise, select "Yes" to abort install
ation, set the CC environment variable to the name of the compiler used to c
ompile your kernel, and restart installation. Abort now? (Answer: Yes)
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

Have you installed a C compiler? gcc should be on your Fedora CD's. This thread (in which I was pretty useless) has some interesting stuff about installing the Nvidia drivers http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...025#post935025 Respect is due to LordMorgul

Oh btw, it is not a straight foward compilation for nvidia driver to work on FC2.. the main stumbling block will be the kernel stack problem.. the default FC2 kernel has it set at 4K and nvidia driver uses stack like crazy .. if you really and badly need to compile your own nvidia driver for your FC2, get the stock Linux kernel 2.6.6 (www.kernel.org), recompile with stack 4K option to NO .. and install the driver. Got mine to work that way ..

got the exact same problem, got gcc, installed everything for gcc just to try, still the same. Edited my /etc/ld.so.conf so it contained gcc-paths.
Still the same,
What could I have missed?

(upgraded from core 1 to core 2, everything worked fine, now i did a clean core 2 install and this happends)

Hope anyone reads this

/rejser

Try this, using the name of the .run package you have dowloaded....

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1-custom.run

The first command creates the second file, which you can then run. This will get around any compiler error and/or set it up for any newer kernels or custom kernels.

You must REDO the above any time you update the kernel.

Also, the newest package they have, 6106, will work with a 4k stack kernel, following the above steps.

thanks, but found the problem, when I installed, there was a fault on cd-1, but insted of aborting, it installed it with an error.
Strange, but downloaded the exact same gcc-files and reinstalled and it worked as a charm