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I have been trying to install the Nvidia drivers on Mandrake 9.2 Download Edition but with little success, If I was to purchase the new version of Mandrake 10 (the stable version that will be release around may) would the Nvidia drivers be installed by default, saving me the problem of installing them separately, also are there any other benefits of purchasing the software rather than downloading it, apart from supporting future development.

 

Any info on installing the drivers or purchasing the software would be very useful.

 

Thanks

 

Richie

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I would recommend buying if you like supporting Mandrake, which is a good idea. But, there is really nothing that you can buy that you can't do now.

 

Would you tell us what problem you are having with the nvidia install? Perhaps we can resolve the issue!

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Welcome to the board.

What problems are you having installing the Nvidia drivers? Can you say what you have tried giving exact details of where the errors occur.

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So you installed the nvidia driver, (it installed OK?) edited the file and changed the "nv" to read "nvidia" Saved the file, and then restarted X? (CTRL ALT BACKSPACE) You saw no Nvidia splash screen? Can you post your XF86Config-4 file?

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Yes, i installed the driver, it went through all the checks and retuned me to the konsole, i edited the config file (see below) and when i restarted x nothing happened. The following is my XF86Config-4 file which i changed the 'nv' to 'nvidia'

 

# File generated by XFdrake.

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "glx" # 3D layer

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "Keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Plug'n Play"

HorizSync 30-85

VertRefresh 50-150

 

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?

# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync

ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

 

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

 

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "nVidia Corporation"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

Screen "screen1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

EndSection

:wall:

 

I hope you can help.

 

Thanks again

 

Richie

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If you are certain that the driver installed, then starting x from a console will give a failure report that could be useful. From the command line, simply type "startx" and wait to see what happens. Report here with the errors.

 

You installed the drivers outside of x, right?

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yes i think i install out side of x I followed the instructions from here http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/nvidiainst.html

 

but now i come to think of it i don't remember loging out, i only types telinit 3. I then istalled using the sh command

 

i did recive this message 'Failed to initialize the Nvidia kernal module'

 

I am totaly new to linux and have very little experiance in the konsole.

 

Thanks again

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Failing to initialize means that the nvidia kernel is either not there or malformed, take your pick. Boot into linux in text mode, or command line. That's prob'ly what it's doing now. Login and then become the superuser, (su, password). Navigate to the nvidia installer and install again. Note if it tells you that the driver was installed successfully. Exit root, type "startx" and see if it comes up this time.

 

Something I forot about, and it was a problem I had, before running the installer again, type "modprobe nvidia" and then "startx" . If that works, there is a different thing to do. Try it first.

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As for the initial question: I always recommend people to buy once satisfied.

Like in a restaurant, if really not satisfied, you don't want to pay. In a decent one, they will ask you what's wrong and make you happy.

 

Mandrake Linux is not the same in the sense that they may not be able to make you happy.

Your happyness or satisfaction is in your own hands.

 

So: try to get things to work the way you want. (Hey, you will learn a great deal in the process, hopefully if linux is for you or not, and how to deal with things... you got the first thing right: you came here for help :P )

Then pay money if you can afford to. This way, you will never be an unsatisfied customer.

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Right

 

Firstly, thanks for everyone for the help and advice,

 

I tried typing "modprobe nvidia" and then "startx"

 

and got the following message

 

INIT: Switching to runlevel: 3

Stopping dm: [OK]

 

And nothing else happened.

 

I also tried re installing the driver but with the same result, Blank screen etc.

 

:wall:

 

Any other suggestions

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Hi All

 

I have tried the command suggested by aRTee but with no sucsess

 

mdkkdm did nothing, just said unknown command

and

kdm made the screen flash about 5 times and then return to the shell i was using.

 

I did find this in another forum but i am unsure where to put it within the XF86Config file

 

I have a crt monitor so I added the line,

option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP, TV"

and it now boots perfectly.

 

from here http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread...&threadid=25013

 

does anyone know where it should go or even if it is of any use.

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Just another thing

 

This was on screen after i tried the commands that aRTee suggested.

 

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!

(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***

(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"

(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a

(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

 

Fatal server error:

no screens found

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