[TriLUG] NVIDIA drivers on RH8 crash the system

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 09:23, Jeremy Portzer wrote:

> Understand that RHL 8 uses a new version of gcc that is not binary
> compatible with previous releases.  Since the nvidia drivers are
> released as binary kernel modules, they will likely not work with a
> kernel compiled with the new gcc.  

Actually, assuming the code (or at least the interface) is in C,
it should work fine.  The C ABI (application binary interface)
has been stable for well over 10 years (more than that really, but
I can't say how much more).  The thing about the new GCC is that
it changes the C++ ABI.  Since lots of things like KDE are written
in C++, this is where you get the reports of complier incompatibilities.
 
> It looks like there is a kernel module for generic kernels however; you
> may be able to use that and rebuild your kernel.  See the
> "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.src.rpm" file on the Nvidia site.

This is always a good choice when trying something that wasn't 
specifically compiled for your kernel.

Tanner
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