santner Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 Good morning everyone. I just installed mandrake 10 and I am trying to configure my XFree86.conf file to use the nvidia driver, but I can't install the driver because the nvidia installer can't find the kernel source files. When I look in /usr/src there is only a directory called RPMS. So I executed: uname -r which returned: 2.6.3-7mdk and I tried rpm -q kernel and rpm -q kernel-source and both rpm commands said that neither were installed. I came from redhat so maybe it's a mandrake newbie thing, I don't know? Any suggestions? Thanks, Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 Try rpm -qa | grep -i kernel The kernel source will not be installed as default, use urpmi to install them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 The Nvidia kernel you need is on my server ftp://mandrake-forum.org/pub/Nvidia/nvidi...6-6mdk.i586.rpm http://mandrakeusers.com/Nvidia/nvidia-ker...6-6mdk.i586.rpm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted May 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 Thanks for the link. I will try it when I get home tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 After you install the rpm don't forget to also edit your config file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted May 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 I was also thinking about trying YANC. It's on the tips and tricks forum for maximizing the performance of your nvidia card. Any experience or advice on YANC? B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 I tried it and really found no advantages, except it makes it easier to configure settings. but then again, i've been editing my XF86Config myself for nearly 2 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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