Michael Velez wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> >> Jim Perrin wrote: >>> On 4/5/07, David A. Woyciesjes <david.woyciesjes at yale.edu> wrote: >>>> I've put a Nvidia Quadro card in my machine. It was first >>>> detected as >>>> Quadro4 200/400 NVS. I have the pigtail for dual monitors. >> I've tried >>>> tweaking the xorg file to get it working, to no avail. So I then >>>> downloaded the 9631 version driver from Nvidia. The readme for the >>>> newer files said that they didn't support this card. >>>> I run the installer, it builds the module, but >> gets stopped >>>> at >>>> "-1 >>>> Invalid module format" >>>> >>>> Now, what to do? >>> You have to get the the latest legacy drivers for nvidia. >>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-7184.html >>> >>> They removed support for most of the 'older' video cards, >> so you have >>> to get the archive driver release. >>> >> Same reaction, "-1 invalid module format". Has anyone >> gotten dual monitor to work on this card with the included nv driver? >> Also, livna.org shows rpms of these nvidia drivers for >> FC5. What are the odds they would work on CentOS 4.4? >> > > Are you using an old kernel or do you not have the latest version of gcc? I > think (I'm not absolutely sure) "invalid module format" means the version of > gcc used to compile your kernel is not the same version as the one you're > using to compile the nvidia driver. > > This could be either because you're using an old kernel or old gcc. Try to > update both and recompile the driver. > > I use an nvidia NVS 280 on my centos 4.4 and it works fine. > > Michael Well, no updates for either in yum. Kernel is 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp. gcc is v 3.4.6.... -- --- David Woyciesjes