Ghil Vertefeuille Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Can someone help me? I did all there was in the faq and now I'm stuck. I installed using URPMI the kernel-source...but when it try to compile the new kernel interface, it gives me an error at 17%. the error is saying that it can't find the kernel headers.... howdo I arrange that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Would you list them name of your kernel and also the name of the kernel sources you installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghil Vertefeuille Posted February 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 (edited) I installed urpmi kernel-source. that's all. the only one it said was nvidia_0 or something like that... oh and for the kernel version, I don't know where to find it... sorry I'm a noob for these kind of things ;) Edited February 14, 2004 by Ghil Vertefeuille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Welcome! What? can't search and read? NVIDIA is all over this forum and probably 90% of its threads have you answers. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghil Vertefeuille Posted February 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 I tried searching, and that's where I found some of the answers but now...I'll do another search again ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Make sure the kernel-source you installed is the same version as the kernel you are using. The kernel on the mdk cd's had the LG problem. If you used the original kernel you are probably using a different source, that was patched for the LG problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghil Vertefeuille Posted February 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 ok the drviers are installed! (i found the correct kernel source...) But then again, when I try to edit my config, I do: vi /etc/x11/xf86config-4 and then when I enter it (using E) there is nothing appart from green lines on the left side (it appears to be the vim editor but heck there is nothing) I also tried to access it via graphic mode. But when I found something, I didn't found the module section and there was no driver option in the device section...it was in the screen section...so I didn't save anything.. please help me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Cool! Linux is case sensitive. It's vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 All you need to do is change nv to nvidia. Or have both with one commented out (#) before Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)" Driver "nv" Option "DPMS" EndSection after Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)" #Driver "nv" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" EndSection -vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 -press i -edit -Esc : wq and press Enter that's Esc : wq Enter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghil Vertefeuille Posted February 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 (edited) it worked! thanks ^^ Edited February 14, 2004 by Ghil Vertefeuille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 (edited) FAQ updated to nVidia version 5336 http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=4567 MOttS Edited February 21, 2004 by MottS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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