Nvidia Driver instalation problem in Ubuntu 6.10

[CadCrazy]

I have just installed Ubuntu 6.10 on my pc having Viewsonic 20 inch lcd and Nvidia 7300 GS graphics Card. I downloaded Nvidia Linux Display Driver version 100.14.19. Then i booted throgh recovery consol and issued following command

"sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run"
i followed the instructions then at last it say "No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel"
Here is the error log

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sun Oct 14 16:09:47 2007

option status:
  license pre-accepted    : false
  update                  : false
  force update            : false
  expert                  : false
  uninstall               : false
  driver info             : false
  precompiled interfaces  : true
  no ncurses color        : false
  query latest version    : false
  OpenGL header files     : true
  no questions            : false
  silent                  : false
  no recursion            : false
  no backup               : false
  kernel module only      : false
  sanity                  : false
  add this kernel         : false
  no runlevel check       : false
  no network              : false
  no ABI note             : false
  no RPMs                 : false
  no kernel module        : false
  force SELinux           : default
  no X server check       : false
  force tls               : (not specified)
  X install prefix        : (not specified)
  X library install path  : (not specified)
  X module install path   : (not specified)
  OpenGL install prefix   : (not specified)
  OpenGL install libdir   : (not specified)
  utility install prefix  : (not specified)
  utility install libdir  : (not specified)
  doc install prefix      : (not specified)
  kernel name             : (not specified)
  kernel include path     : (not specified)
  kernel source path      : (not specified)
  kernel output path      : (not specified)
  kernel install path     : (not specified)
  proc mount point        : /proc
  ui                      : (not specified)
  tmpdir                  : /tmp
  ftp mirror              : ftp://download.nvidia.com
  RPM file list           : (not specified)

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li
   ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f
   rom the NVIDIA ftp site (ftp://download.nvidia.com)? (Answer: No)
-> No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means
   that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.
ERROR: You do not appear to have libc header files installed on your system. 
       Please install your distribution's libc development package.
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.

Please help me install it. I do not want to install it online. Please suggest offline instructions.

[ChaiTan3]

install build essential from the ubuntu live cd
then the nvidia installer will b able to compile.

[CadCrazy]

How? Can you please elaborate??
A Newbie

[QwertyManiac]

Simply insert your CD into the drive, launch the terminal and pass the command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

[mehulved]

I don't think it would do still. Cause nvidia drivers are binary drivers. It would need kernel interface to compile a kernel module.

[ChaiTan3]

I had the same error while installing the binary drivers
that libc headers not found.
installing build essential fixed the issue

[CadCrazy]

Ok i will do it n get back. I am not finding free time from past 2 days

[CadCrazy]

Originally Posted by QwertyManiac

Simply insert your CD into the drive, launch the terminal and pass the command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Cd is in the drive but it shows Connecting to (in.archive.ubuntu.com). I want offline method.Please help

[QwertyManiac]

Is the CD added as a repository too? (Software Sources). Add if not and try?

[CadCrazy]

Can you tell me how. I tried but unsuccessful

[ChaiTan3]

type this in terminal
sudo apt-cdrom add
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential

[CadCrazy]

Again it try to connect ubuntu website when i issue apt-get update command
BTW now cd is added to software sources.

Why the hell this linux developers assume that everbody using it has net connection.

Anyone please tell me step by step Offline (yes i mean offline) installation of Latest NVIDIA driver on Ubuntu 6.10. Any help will be appreciated

[ChaiTan3]

open synaptic and from repositories select add cdrom..
install build essential...google for it..
to install the driver
quit X
sudo sh Nvidiadrive.run
and then answer no for fetching precomopiled interfaces...the installer will then build it for you
and then after installation is over ...type "modprobe nvidia"
then startx
the nvidia splash screen will appear