Guest jamesgf Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 I installed these drivers in knoppix/debian and was wondering if the same proceedure can be followed in mdk9.1: 1. download the version 1.0-4191 drivers NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.tar.gz and NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.tar.gz, save to /usr/src directory 2. unpack the files using tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.tar.gz tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.tar.gz 3.Setting the CC enviroment variable by using export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-2.95 4. make install by going to cd /usr/src/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191 and entering make install do the same for NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191 also. 5. Edit config file (XF86Config-4) Change driver from nv to nvidia Remove Load 'dri' and Load "GLcore' under modules Add load 'glx' 6. Edit modules.conf adding alias char-major-195 nvidia 7. Edit /etc/modutils/aliases adding alias char-major-195 nvidia 8. Shutdown and reboot. think this will work? thanks, -jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 It looks like it will work, but it is a lot easier in Mandrake to download the source file, NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm, run rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_blah, cd to /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586 and install the newly built rpm. You will still have to edit /etc/X11/XF85Config-4 in order to load the Nvidia drive. The other steps should be done atomatically. PS-The latest Nvidia install program worked fine for me, and I have always in the past compiled my driver. Check it out at www.nvidia.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 When modifying your XF86Config-4 make sure to get rid of any 32 bit screen sections. These will cause the Nvidia drivers to fail to load. Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesgf Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 I tried the install method i mentioned above, and it didnt work. i followed the install listed in another thread for the .run file and it worked great. Much easier that way. -jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabbman Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 I added texstar's site to my urpmi list and just did urpmi nvidia_kernel, and urpmi nvidia_glx, it was installed and my xf86config-4 file edited apropriately. Texstar and plf make one stop shopping so ez. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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