Re: rpm command

[Alan Bort <333101 personal net py>]

well. I guess you could either download it (using RHN or RedCarpet) or
use The CD's RPM. It should be on CD1. use #rpm -Uvh <packagename>.rpm

Anyway... I think there might be something wrong going on there... It
seems full of problems RH9 (I, for instance, can'0t get xmms to work).
what does $cat /proc/version say?

El mar, 24-06-2003 a las 18:39, Scott Mertens escribió:
> On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 16:06, Alan Bort wrote:
> > It's true. Nvidia's drivers are not Open Source... so they give you
> > something pretty much like a Windows install shield. Then try exporting
> > the env variable: export CC=gcc should do it... and, obviously, make
> > sure gcc is 3.2.2. which is the default with RH9.
> 
> Still getting the same error message as listed below.  usr/bin/gcc shows
> gcc296 .  I installed RH9 and used up2date to update the kernel, so not
> sure how i got an older version of gcc, or how to get it back up
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > El mar, 24-06-2003 a las 15:45, Scott Mertens escribió:
> > > On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 13:33, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > > > Scott Mertens wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 12:54, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > >>Scott Mertens wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>The error I am getting from nvidia is 
> > > > >>> 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.        
> > > > >>>                                                              
> > > > >>>   In any other case, set the CC environment variable to the  
> > > > >>>   name of the compiler that was used to compile the kernel.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>is it safe to ignore this message?
> > > > >>
> > > > >>No, don't ignore that.  May I ask which kernel you are running?
> > > > >>("uname -r").
> > > > >>
> > > > >>You may also need to change the "CC=gcc" line in the Makefile to
> > > > >>"CC=gcc296", which is the old 2.96 gcc compiler (some kernels were
> > > > >>built with it rather than the newer 3.2.x series).  Make sure you
> > > > >>have gcc296 installed ("ls /usr/bin/gcc*").  If not, install the
> > > > >>"compat-gcc" RPM first, then change the Makefile and try again.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 2.4.20-18.9
> > > > > Using gcc296
> > > > 
> > > > 2.4.20-18.9 is built using gcc 3.2.2, so make sure the Makefile has
> > > > "CC=gcc" in it and verify that your "gcc" is 3.2.2 ("gcc -v").  That
> > > > should do it.
> > > 
> > > Not sure what the makefile is.  The file I am trying to run is a self
> > > ectracting file for nividia called  NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run 
> > > According to nvidia all you have to do is type 
> > > sh  NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run.  However this is where i run into
> > > problems, can't find the kernel source files
> > > 
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