On September 21, 2001 16:03 pm, you wrote:
> How to install NVIDIA drivers for Mandrake-Linux 8.1
> By Salane King
>
> Download the following drivers in tar.gz format from;
>
> ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/XFree86_40/1.0-1541/NVI
>DIA_GLX-1.0-1541.tar.gz
>
> ftp://ftp1.detonator.nvidia.com/pub/drivers/english/XFree86_40/1.0-1541/NVI
>DIA_kernel-1.0-1541.tar.gz
<snip>
>etc...etc....
Wouldn't it be far easier to create a '/etc/rc.d/init.d/nvidia_mknod' and
link it to your runlevels? That way you wouldn't have to patch the NVidia
driver everytime a new driver comes out.....
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