MottS Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 If you are too lazy to compile the modules yourself, here is what you have to do: 1) Add Textar MDK 9.1 rpms repository to your rpm database by typing as root: (Note that this is all in one line) urpmi.addmedia Textar ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linux/distributions/mandrake/9.1/rpms/i586 with hdlist.cz 2) Install the nVidia driver by typing urpmi NVIDIA_GLX NVIDIA_kernel That's it! The rpm configures everything for yourself. HTH MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 Will try that probably en hopefully the driver doesn't crash :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 it won't crash... right away :) If you don't do anything processor intensive (compiling kde, installing UT 2003) you should be just fine :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joehill Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 oh, that's comforting... :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davebsr Posted March 27, 2003 Report Share Posted March 27, 2003 I ALWAYS compile my own nvidia drivers, using src rpms. Otherwise, the system just isn't stable. Next time you do a kernel compile, you have to re-install drivers, (re-compile), etc...but it's the only way to get those nasty drivers to run happily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peep Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 thanks for the tip MottS. i'm slowly figuring out how everything works and now i see exactly how urpmi works from the command line :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 It should be noted that, according to Nvidia, the sources will no longer be available after this driver release. (1.0-4349) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 nah, you can still get 'em. there's a command line option to do it. I read the little blurb in their policy about that though. i think they meant they won't distibute it separately (same goes for rpms) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 Does this mean that their installer is compiling a driver for the machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 From what I understand, that's what they're claiming. I don't mind the concept, and I don't mind using it, but when it doesn't work or you're having probs........give me the .src.rpms. After all, isn't control on the top ten reasons we use linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illogic-al Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 on mandrake linux you may not have seen this (i sure didn't) but from what i've heard (dolson's tutorial) you can make it do this manually. I've also been to the forums on the nvidia website and actual company employees have said that the source is available. I think they have compiled a driver for the stock mdk 9.1 (and redhat 9) kernel and installed that if you haven't modified (recompiled) your kernel. I you have i suspect that you'll see the option that dolson show's on his tutorial. I also installed the drivers while running X (which i don't think is recommended) so that might have something to do with it. To answer your question no, i don't think their installer is compiling a driver for your machine, but it can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 From http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_update Ease of use installation and deployment of software NVIDIA Linux Update automatically detects the Linux operating system, kernel type, and CPU on a system and sets up the system for optimal performance and stability. Deploying NVIDIA graphics cards on Linux has never been easier, letting IT managers and end users set up their systems with ease. Flexible design Designed to offer users the easiest driver setup, yet powerful enough to allow customized installs. Beginner users will have their graphics card configured and running the latest 3D applications and games with no complications, while power users can use the command line options to customize NVIDIA Linux Update for their environment. Fully supports all major Linux Operating Systems and CPUs Includes out of box support for Red Hat Linux, Mandrake and SuSE operating systems and all standard Intel and AMD 32-bit processors. However, if you want to use another Linux distribution, NVIDIA Linux Update will setup and install graphics driver for that environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted April 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 To answer your question no, i don't think their installer is compiling a driver for your machine, but it can. Exactly. The installer look for your kernel then look on the ftp site to see if there is an already compiled driver that could match your kernel. If that does not match, it compiles one for you. I use Gentoo. So I unmerged version 41xx and run the installer. Here is the first question: No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you like the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel from the NVIDIA ftp site? YES NO After a couple of sec I get: No matching precompiled kernel interface was found on the NVIDIA ftp site; this means that the installer will need to compile a kernel interface for your kernel. OK After a couple of sec I get: ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel moduleERROR: Installation has failed. See /var/log/nvidia-installer.log So I looked at the file and the installer was complaining about IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH. So I typed as root export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=true and rerun the thing once again. The whole thing when without error until: Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphic Driver for Linux-x86 is now completed. Please update your XF86config file as appropriate; See /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX_1.0/README for details. So I modified the file by myself. I really thought that the installer was smart enough to modify the XF86config file by itself. I'm disapointed really... it is still easier to 'rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_*' for rpm-based distro or 'emerge nvidia-*' for Gentoo since we don't have to press OK, YES .. NO and Toaster ... whatever. Nice job for people that don't know how to compile tho ! For the other, no improvement. MOTtS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 I had similar problems but that's because I didn't have the kernel-source and then after I downloaded with urpmi, it didn't match my kernel. Eventually I updated my kernel so it matched ther kernel source and all worked well.. Still had to modify the XF86Config-4 file myself though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counterspy Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 See the post from D. Olson in the Hardware topic where he has a link to his tutorial on his site and the instructions from Nvidia (in the tutorial). Counterspy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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