So I downloaded the latest Cuda (5.0.35) script to install Cuda on my desktop on which I have Debian (kernel 2.6.32).
When I ran the script though I get an error on the log which says:
The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc-4.3) does not exactly match the current compiler (gcc-4.7)
So I looked to install gcc-4.3 from the repositories but it isn't there. Then I downloaded the gcc-4.3 package separately but when I try to install it I get many conflicting dependencies so installing it is really not an option. I installed gcc-4.4 which is in the repositories and changed the soft link for gcc to link to the gcc-4.4 version but I get the same message above
The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc-4.3) does not exactly match the current compiler (gcc-4.4)
So the question is, is there a way that I can install the driver successfully without relying on the gcc-4.3?
I installed a 3.2 kernel which was compiled with gcc-4.6 and that worked for me. You could also compile the old kernel using gcc-4.7 although I tried it and had some errors. The problem is that Debian uses a very old kernel so it was compiled with gcc-4.3.