earsh0t Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Ok im new, my vocabulary aint big with linux stuff...i BARRLY know my way around. I used the urpmi-DKMS(spell)-nvidia command and all installed fine i guess...i reboot and sellect my vid card geforce 6800xt(geforce 6800 generic), go to test before aplying and get a error like this.... An error occurred: (EE) Failed to load /usr/x11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libgix.so (EE) Failed to load module "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libgix.so" (loader failed, 7) Try to change some parameters anyone??? and i cant seem to figure out how to install the drivers from Nvidia....i DLed the .run file but have no clue what to do next...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 (edited) You may load the OpenGL extension twice. Please post the part of your /etc/X11/xorg that starts with Section "Module" Edited August 16, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earsh0t Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 umm.....how do i get there to find that??? i cant figure out how to get to the HD, just whats in home.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 alt+F2 kwrite ctrl+o navigate to /etc/X11/xorg.conf ctrl+f Type in the box "Module" Select with the mouse that area ( down to the EndSection line ) and press ctrl+c Then ctrl+v at your reply here. Was that detailed enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libgix.so" This driver name is libglx.so L like Lampart If You use dkms driver go to /usr/src/dkms-nvidia ~ maybe other name type make install Check line in /etc/X11/xorg.conf Load "glx" .....Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earsh0t Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 (edited) ok, im tryin lexs thing first, ok i found the root part that goes in the home folder, the lil side tab, i go to USR, SRC, and i have in there a nvidia-7676 and a nvidia 8762-6.1.20060plf.......i tryd this in the konsole...$ ///usr/src/nvidia-8762-6.1.20060plf make install, but i get this bash: ///usr/src/nvidia-8762-6.1.20060plf: is a directory what do i do? here is the zorg thing i think...... Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Edited August 16, 2006 by earsh0t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 (edited) Ok, type ls /usr/src and cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep nvidia send me And type cd /usr/src/nvidia-8762* make install Add line to /etc/modprobe.preload nvidia Reboot Your system ,,,,,lex Edited August 16, 2006 by Lexicon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earsh0t Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 ok i get this error at the make install part..... If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure you either have configured kernel sources matching your kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed on your system. If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel installed on your system. If you specified a separate output directory using either the "KBUILD_OUTPUT" or the "O" KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option. Depending on where and how the kernel sources (or the kernel headers) were installed, you may need to specify their location with the SYSSRC environment variable or the equivalent nvidia-installer command line option. *** Unable to determine the target kernel version. *** make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Please open a terminal ( say "konsole") and type in uname -a What's the output? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earsh0t Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Linux localhost 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CE ST 2005 i686 AMD Athlon XP 2000+ unknown GNU/Linu x im useing mandriva 2006 powerpack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 (edited) In theory, the driver you have installed *should* work right out of the box (because an nvidia driver is included in the Powerpack DVD). In practice, it does not work with quite a few nvidia cards, and the reason is that the xorg version packed with 2006.0 is pants (oh sorry, I meant beta...). I'd suggest removing your nvidia packages (which will probably drop you to commandline), fully upgrading your system, including kernel, and then using the stock .run installer from nvidia site. I won't claim that it's easy, but I will claim that if done properly, it will work. If you need instructions about how-to-use the .run installer from nvidia, you can get plenty of support here. Edited August 16, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earsh0t Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 (edited) oh ok.....well damn....oh well, as of right now everything works PERFECT, i just wanted the card drivers in so i could try cedega...ill just keep my windows for gameing then...now to figure out how to get bittorrent to install right...... quick question....i have my system set up with 2 HDs, one is 40gigs(Mandriva) and a 2nd 120gig(windows)...i have both hooked up, id like to search around on the windows one to play music and video files instead of burning them and copying them to the Linux HD....how would i go about finding it in mandriva??? ive found in the harddrake HDB...it says its all windows, but i dono how to get access to it. sorry for changing subjects on ya guys. Edited August 16, 2006 by earsh0t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmut Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 (edited) As to your "Quick Question". Presuming you are in Gnome: Open the "Computer" icon (similar to My Computer in Windows) on the desktop. Double-click on "file system". You will be in " / " which is the highest possible position in linux. Click on "mnt" , it will open and you will see "windows" (= the windows partition) or your common (FAT32) partition. If you only have one single windows partition, and if that is in NTFS, well, thats tough luck. If it is in FAT32 you will be able to access it. Most folks with dual-boot systems have at least one common FAT32 partition, because both Linux and Windows can read and write it. Helmut Edited August 17, 2006 by Helmut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earsh0t Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 nope i use KDE...cant stand gnome.... but yes my windows is NTFS, damn....keep geting bad luck here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 (edited) NTFS is currently readable AND writable perfectly well from Linux... you need the brand new 3g-ntfs driver, which is not as good as "the real thing" (Windows 2000/XP/2003), but it works very well. http://www.linux-ntfs.org/ Look in there for "ntfs-3g". It's still labelled suspicious, but since NOONE managed to corrupt data with it yet, it will most likely be the next trend in Linux NTFS approach... as it is both reliable and VERY fast. Edited August 17, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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