Guest gbullit Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Hi, I am new to Linux, just downloaded the Nvidia drivers. How do I restart in text mode and install the drivers? Any help appreciated. :unsure: regards GB My hardware: MSI K8N Neo4, AMD Athlon 64, Corsair 2x512 DDR400 Dual Channel, Gainward FX 6600 GT 256 Mb PCI-express, Maxtor S-ATA 160 Gb, 17” TFT screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 The easiest method, is to open a prompt, and type: su (supply root password when prompted) init 3 Then login at the prompt, su to root, and install the drivers. Make sure you have your kernel-source installed, else it won't work, as it requires the source to compile the modules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbullit Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Thanks ianw1974, how do I check the kernel-source, if it's installed or not? Is there an easier way to install the Nvidia legacy drivers, don't need the latest version. I got v76.76 on my SuSE installation and get a decent glxgears from those: george@linux:~> glxgears 36969 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7393.800 FPS 39710 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7942.000 FPS 39713 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7942.600 FPS 39720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.000 FPS 39726 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7945.200 FPS 39713 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7942.600 FPS 39727 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7945.400 FPS 39724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.800 FPS 39724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.800 FPS 39724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.800 FPS 39724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.800 FPS 39686 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7937.200 FPS X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Nice "logo" regards GB newbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 In Mandriva, just check in /usr/src to see if you have one installed. If not: urpmi kernel-source and choose the normal one, not the stripped one, or the other one. This is what my list gives me: urpmf --name kernel-source kernel-source-2.6:kernel-source-2.6-2.6.12-12mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.6:kernel-source-2.6-2.6.12-14mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-stripped-2.6:kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.12-14mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.6:kernel-source-2.6-2.6.12-12mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-stripped-2.6:kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.12-12mdk.i586.rpm Now find your kernel version by typing: uname -r and then choose from the list above. So, my kernel source is kernel-source-2.6-2.6.12-14 as I've upgraded from the default 2006 kernel of 12-12. ls -l /usr/src total 1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jan 16 15:02 linux -> linux-2.6.12-14mdk/ drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 696 Jan 18 13:18 linux-2.6.12-14mdk/ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 168 Jan 16 14:38 RPM/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 (edited) Apparently I type too slow as Ian snuck in there before me, oh well it was his question anyway :P Thanks ianw1974, how do I check the kernel-source, if it's installed or not? Is there an easier way to install the Nvidia legacy drivers, don't need the latest version. I got v76.76 on my SuSE installation and get a decent glxgears from those:george@linux:~> glxgears 36969 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7393.800 FPS 39710 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7942.000 FPS 39713 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7942.600 FPS 39720 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.000 FPS 39726 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7945.200 FPS 39713 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7942.600 FPS 39727 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7945.400 FPS 39724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.800 FPS 39724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.800 FPS 39724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.800 FPS 39724 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7944.800 FPS 39686 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7937.200 FPS X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Nice "logo" regards GB newbie <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You still need the source for the legacy drivers i'm afraid. IIRC, if it is installed there should be at least two folders in /usr/src, that is linux and linux-2.6.11-6mdk (and any sources, if applicable) not sure of the exact version number of the default source. if there's just linux, or nithing at all in that folder, go to the Mandriva Control Centre and install the kernel-sources package. As a final check once you have installed the sources, make sure that linux (which should be a symlink) is pointing to (one of) the other folders by using: ls -l /usr/src/linux Although a quick way to check it to run the nvidia run package, if it says the sources cannot be found, then either they have not been installed or the /usr/src/symlink isn't pointing to the sources! Edited January 18, 2006 by Reiver_Fluffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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