can't install nvidia displa driver any more

From: Volker Hartmann (vh01_at_virtuatron.de)
Date: 09/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:46:50 +0200

Hi,

I have a strange problem. Suddenly my screen was shifted to the left. I
tried to reconfigure XF86 using SAX2, but I could not activate
3D-acceleration. So I tried to reinstall the nvidia-driver. This failed
giving me the following error message:

-> Kernel include path: '/lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/build/include'
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
   executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
   /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
   /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)
-v
   2>&1 | tail -n 1'
   rm -f nv.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv-linux.o
nv_compiler.h *
   .d NVdriver nvidia.o
-> Building kernel module:
   executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make nvidia.o SYSINCLUDE=/lib
modules/2.4.20-4G
   B-athlon/build/include'...
   /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
   /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)
-v
   2>&1 | tail -n 1'
   echo \#define NV_COMPILER \"`gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE
Lin
   ux) -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`\" > nv_compiler.h
   /bin/sh: command substitution: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token
`(
   '
   /bin/sh: command substitution: line 1: `gcc version 3.3 20030226
(prerelease
   ) (SuSE Linux) -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1'
   gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux) -c -Wall -Wimplicit
-Wret
   urn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses
-Wpointer-arith -
   Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAME
   S -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE
-DNV_MAJ
   OR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=4496 -DNV_UNIX
-DNV_LIN
   UX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86 -DREMAP_PAGE_RANGE_4 -I. -I/lib
modul
   es/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/build/include -Wno-cast-qual nv.c
   /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `('
   /bin/sh: -c: line 1: `gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)
-c
   -Wall -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts
-Wparenth
   eses -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-qual -Wno-multichar -O -MD -D__KERNEL__
-DMODUL
   E -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -DNTRM -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES
-D__KERNE
   L__ -DMODULE -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0
-DNV_PATCHLEVEL=4496
    -DNV_UNIX -DNV_LINUX -DNV_INT64_OK -DNVCPU_X86
-DREMAP_PAGE_RANG
   E_4 -I. -I/lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB-athlon/build/include -Wno-cast-qual
nv.c'
   make: *** [nv.o] 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.

the nvidia-installer complains about the gcc the kernel being compiled with
not beeing the sam as the one installed now. I did not update gcc though.
Recently installs where gcj from the original suse 8.2 pro dvd and an
security update for xf86. Specs for the kernel and gcc are:
vha@ragged:~> cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.20-4GB-athlon (root@Athlon.suse.de) (gcc version 3.3
20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)) #1 Wed Aug 6 18:27:52 UTC 2003
vha@ragged:~> gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/3.3/specs
Configured with: ../configure --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/usr
--with-local-prefix=/usr/local --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr
share/man --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,objc,java,ada
--disable-checking --enable-libgcj --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++
--with-slibdir=/lib --with-system-zlib --enable-shared
--enable-__cxa_atexit i486-suse-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux)

the gcc versions seem to be the same. Kernel sources are updated via YOU and
configured (make oldconfig && make dep).

Any hints on how to get the nvidia display driver installed again?

TIA Volker 

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