spiedra Posted September 8, 2004 Report Share Posted September 8, 2004 Strange, and I see you're using Mandy 10. Apperently it is doing some kind of saving. The file with the ~ next to it gets generated when a file is saved. It's a duplicate, a back up copy. Let me see if I can duplicate the error and report back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vash795 Posted September 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 I wanted to try and reinstall the drivers but now it says that I dont have a kernel or something and that it can make one for me. It tries but it says unable to download one please visit some website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vash795 Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 (edited) I'm not able to duplicate the error and google didn't yield much, but I think maybe when you save the file it is getting overwritten by a back up when you reboot. Can you copy that XF86Config-4 file to say your /home? Do it as root of course. cp XF86Config-4 /home/username Then make whatever changes required in the copy of that file in your /home directory and see if it gets saved. At least that tells me it is getting overwriten some how and we can figure it out. Or maybe, the driver is actually not installed, in which you may have to get the kernel source to install the driver. I'm judging by your posts you have installed the driver successfully though, but try the first thing I suggested and let us know. Edited September 10, 2004 by spiedra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vash795 Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 The file saved, where can I get the kernel source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vash795 Posted September 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 (edited) B4 you attempt to reinstall the driver, make sure you have the nvidia card selected in XFdrake. Maybe not having the right one selected is the source of the problem. If it's already selected, then start your internet connection, drop to runlevel 3, restart the installation process of the driver, when you get that message saying there's no precompiled interface kernel, etc and asks if you want to download it at teh webiste, say yes and it will download it and installation will proceed. If the installaer is unable to find the required file on the website, then it will need to compile the kernel interface for you, for that you'll need to have kernel sources if you don't already have them. You'll know you want them if installation fails during compiling. If that's the case, if you go into your software manager and do a search for kernel-source and you get the one that matches your kernel version. Then once installed, restart the nvidia installer. Install the driver, go back to run level 5 and hopefully should work. Edited September 12, 2004 by spiedra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vash795 Posted September 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I have no idea what version I have but I searched in software package install thing and found: Name: kernel-source-stripped Version: 2.6.3-16mdk Size: 57330 KB is this what I nead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 (edited) Providing you haven't upgraded your kernel, you get kernel-source-2.6.3-7mdk. To find out which kerenl you're running, just open kde control panel and it will tell you on the right hand side. But with Mandry 10, the source I believe should already be installed so it may or may not be neccessary. Edited September 13, 2004 by spiedra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vash795 Posted September 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I downloaded kernel-source-2.6.3-7mdk and installed it. I was unable to locate KDE control panel to verify it though. Same error about not finding the source and it cant install the drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 (edited) Anyway you can post the exact error messege? And are you connected to the internet when you try to install it? I'm begining to run out of ideas. Edited September 13, 2004 by spiedra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Also, check out this link. It explains some other ways to fix this. Good Luck. Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vash795 Posted September 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Its the error that says it needs to make its own kernel because it cant find one online, yes I was connected to the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) Which version of the nvidia driver are you using? Edited September 14, 2004 by spiedra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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