ianw1974 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 The other driver if dkms-nvidia doesn't work is: urpmi dkms-nvidia_legacy but I would do this first: urpme dkms-nvidia first to remove the one that didn't work. But see my previous post, as I need more information from you than you are supplying to be able to help you. I can't help without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulukaj Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) well the only thing I didnt post is [ulukaj@localhost ~]$ urpmq --list-media The Ultimate Linux Desktop DVD (cdrom1) The Ultimate Linux Desktop DVD (cdrom2) The Ultimate Linux Desktop DVD (cdrom3) The Ultimate Linux Desktop DVD (cdrom4) The Ultimate Linux Desktop DVD (cdrom5) The Ultimate Linux Desktop DVD (cdrom6) [ulukaj@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.12-21mdk I also have the corresponding kernel-source since it appeared in control center for deinstallation more: [root@localhost ulukaj]# urpmi dkms-nvidia_legacy Please insert the medium named "The Ultimate Linux Desktop DVD " on device [/dev/hdd] and finally [root@localhost ulukaj]# urpme dkms-nvidia unknown package: dkms-nvidia I installed the kernel with urpmi and kernel-source with control center Edited May 22, 2006 by ulukaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 That's fine, just wanted to make sure the running kernel matched the kernel source installed. That's usually where problems come. I noticed you don't have any other sources than your DVD media. Click the easy-urpmi link at the top of this page and add sources for main, contrib, plf-free, plf-nonfree, jpackage and updates. You'll have more luck with dkms then, because you can't get all the packages. Did you try the link I provided for downloading the nvidia driver directly from nvidia? You might have more luck with this, unless you try the legacy dkms info first that I provided too. And post back let us know how you get on after trying both of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulukaj Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) I installed the legacy driver but I havo no improvement in preformance I have a side question : how come there are windows drivers specific to every nvidia video card but for linux its just one? Edited May 22, 2006 by ulukaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 You might need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change: Driver "nv" to: Driver "nvidia" otherwise it uses the basic nvidia driver, and not the accelerated one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulukaj Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) well there is some improvement. I changed driver from "nv" to "nvidia" after that I ran urpmi dkms-nvidia (for some unknown to me reason settings for urpmi had disappeared so I first added media) in console everything was ok no warnings or errors popped up so I rebooted X didn`t start the error was sth like "no usable modes found "or sth like that so I put my dvd in and updated the system I chose legacy for video card X didn`t start again urpme dkms-nvidia uninstalled latest driver after reboot X ran fine but my network connection settings seemed to have disappeared so i had to configure network too now Im with the legacy driver latest nvidia driver is said to be for geforce/quadro so why the heck wouldn`t it install I`ll take some other distro this is too much for a newbie Edited May 22, 2006 by ulukaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I installed the legacy driver but I havo no improvement in preformance I have a side question : how come there are windows drivers specific to every nvidia video card but for linux its just one? With Linux, there are 3 types. IA32 for 32 bit versions of Linux. IA64 for Intel 64 bit processors I think, and the AMD64 for AMD 64 bit processors. With Linux, it's not like Windows having 98/NT/2000/XP and different versions of drivers. Linux is Linux, regardless of Ubuntu, they all run the same kernel more or less. That's why there are a lot less drivers listed. well there is some improvement.I changed driver from "nv" to "nvidia" after that I ran urpmi dkms-nvidia (for some unknown to me reason settings for urpmi had disappeared so I first added media) in console everything was ok no warnings or errors popped up so I rebooted X didn`t start the error was sth like "no usable modes found "or sth like that so I put my dvd in and updated the system I chose legacy for video card X didn`t start again urpme dkms-nvidia uninstalled latest driver after reboot X ran fine but my network connection settings seemed to have disappeared so i had to configure network too now Im with the legacy driver latest nvidia driver is said to be for geforce/quadro so why the heck wouldn`t it install I`ll take some other distro this is too much for a newbie As I mentioned before, if no luck with dkms-nvidia or dkms-nvidia_legacy, try the drivers direct from nvidias website and use the instructions I provided. But if you do use another distro, it might work better, but then again it might not. But give it a go, see what you prefer to use and get working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulukaj Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) try the drivers direct from nvidias website and use the instructions I provided. I tried numerous times!In fact I have three drivers downloaded from this site and I followed every directions like switching to runlevel 3 and then ./driver name.It simply won`t install 10x alot to everyone,especially to ianw1974.I`m sorry for losing your time and mine too. I am now downloading suse with ktorrent after that I wil format my hard disk gladly Edited May 22, 2006 by ulukaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 I normally do: sh drivername just in case it wasn't installing when you were typing the name directly. Hope you have more luck with SuSe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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