[PlanetCCRMA] FC4 + CCRMA + NVIDIA

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Sat Nov 5 18:16:00 2005


On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 10:50 -0500, Hector Centeno-Garcia wrote:
> pirrone wrote:
> > Hector Centeno-Garcia wrote:
> >> I wonder if there is anyone around using a nvidia card with the 
> >> official nvidia drivers in CCRMA FC4?. I've been trying to install it 
> >> unsuccessfully because of problems getting the installer to use the 
> >> CCRMA kernel source (I;m using the planet-edge kernel for FC4).
> >
> > Yes Hector, it works fine.  Version 1.0-7676.  If you're using that 
> > FC4 kernel from the Edge, I assume you have an up-to-date FC4 system, 
> > including the same gcc compiler that was used with the kernel 
> > available for compiling the NVIDIA driver.
> >
> > Frank
> >
> Did you have any problem with the nvidia installer using the kernel 
> source? I can't get around this problem:
> 
> -> Using the kernel source path
>   '/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.13/linux-2.6.13' as specified by the
>   '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.
> -> Kernel source path: '/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.13/linux-2.6.13'
> -> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
> ERROR: If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure
>       you either have configured kernel sources matching your
>       kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed
>       on your system.
> If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure
>       you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel
>       installed on your system.

I think the right directory for the kernel headers would be:
  /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/

-- Fernando