OrangeRibbon Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Hello let me start out by saying I am a complete newbie to Linux. I wanted an alternitive to Windows and I heard that Mandrake was very idiot safe, and I had a second HD Laying around from an old PC. I am having 2 problems so far. My GForce onboard sound card is not working, and the Drivers from NDivia.com are not working for me. I am using Mandake 10.0 I have an E-machine T2778 with an AMD Athalon 2700+ and a Nforce® on board sound card. I can not get the sound card to work at all. If there is any information I am missing here please let me know. Thank you for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Do you have the nforce chipset as well? That is the first hurdle. Get the chipset working properly, and then the video and audio chips will then run properly. Get all of the drivers from Nvidia's sight, and install the chipset first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeRibbon Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 My Friend said I need the 64bit flavor for Mandrake for the 64bit drivers to work (oppsy) so I have to pic up the 32bit drivers (again DUHH on my part) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uiler Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 My Friend said I need the 64bit flavor for Mandrake for the 64bit drivers to work (oppsy) so I have to pic up the 32bit drivers (again DUHH on my part) The description of your machine in your first post doesn't sound like a 64 bit machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeRibbon Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 You could be right (I am not a hardware person, I can install things, but that is my limit) anyone know where on the NDivia site to get 32bit drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Surely you just need to go to nvidia.com and follow the links for linux and freeBSD drivers? regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html The items tagged with a 32 are 32 bit, and the ones tagged with a 64 are 64 bit! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeRibbon Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 I am guessing the ones for Mandrake 9.X will not work with 10.0. ( I tried then anyway.) I guess this means I have to wait for updated drivers to come out? On the plus side I am really enjoying Linux :D Even if I can't do alot of things so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Actually, these particular drivers compile on your machine. They should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 If this is for Nforce chipset drivers, then 10.0 comes with builtin support. If this is an Nvidia Card, then look in the downloads area (link is above at top of page). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeRibbon Posted March 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Hmmm Mine didn't work right out of the gate then cause it is the Chip Set. Anything I should do then? I am waiting for an email from NDivia teck suport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Could you specifically explain what you mean by "it didn't work"? B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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