Wrong gcc version nvidia installer

dTd · 01-21-2018, 08:30 AM

When running the nvidia binary driver installer it issues a warning that the kernel has been compiled with a different version of gcc than installed on the system. I am running -current and using nvidia driver 390.12. The warning also issues this "the kernel has been compiled with 7.2.0 (GCC) and you have (GCC) 7.2.0 installed ... confusing because sometimes ignoring the version mismatch works and installs the driver just fine, other times it fails.

coralfang · 01-22-2018, 10:17 AM

I tend to get that sometimes, but usually removing the previously installed driver `nvidia-uninstall' before launching the ./NVIDIA-Linux-*.sh installer will tend to fix that error in most cases.