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Please look in ubuntu forum starter guide how to install nvidia driver,not the latest one, for your tnt2 card and confirm that their XF86 or xorg version will support that tnt2 driver or card since ubuntu is based on sid. Their guide and how-tos are very good. You can also try google riva tnt2 in sid or ubuntu. But 1st choice should be that starter guide.Kanotix-2005-04 live-cd would also help. Enjoy your ubuntu
I am still having problems installing my video card driver and i dont understand why so here is my log
Code:
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sat Feb 4 19:02:56 2006
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
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : false
no network : false
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
installer install prefix: /usr
utility install prefix : /usr
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)
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: Yes)
-> No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site;
this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for
your kernel.
-> Using the kernel source path '/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10' as specified
by the '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10'
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
-> gcc-version-check failed:
You appear to be compiling the NVIDIA kernel module with a different compile
r than the one that was used to compile the running kernel. This may be fin
e, but there are cases where this can lead to instability. The compiler use
d to compile the kernel was gcc 3.4; the current compiler is gcc 4.0.
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: No)
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-
agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nvidia.mod.o
rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}
rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.1
2-10 SYSOUT=/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10'...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10 SUBDIRS=/tm
p/selfgz10391/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv modules
/bin/sh: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10/scripts/gcc-version.sh: No such fi
le or directory
mkdir -p /tmp/selfgz10391/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/src/nv/.tmp_ver
sions
WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10/Module.symve
rs
is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions.
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/tmp/selfgz10391/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-717
4-pkg1/usr/src/nv
make[3]: scripts/Makefile.build: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `scripts/Makefile.build'. Stop.
make[2]: *** [_module_/tmp/selfgz10391/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1/usr/sr
c/nv] Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [module] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
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.
Seems to be a gcc version error if nothing else... Compile the kernel (or the nvidia module) with the same gcc version. To compile the module with the older gcc you have to install it if not installed and set the envirnoment variable as the nvidia installer has suggested to you...
If it was my machine I would be compiling the kernel anyway and use a current up to date kernel...
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