On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:44:15 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In fact the drivers was build and installed, but when you try to install > nvidia-glx there is an error about "failed dependencies, nvidia-kernel" > is needed"). I have not the package nvidia-kernel rebuilt and I thought > that the crashes could be due to that.Just the nvidia.o is present in > /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/NVIDIA-KERNEL/ and doing from this directory a make > install it runs, but with the mentioned crashes. > > Francisco Alcaraz > Murcia (Spain)
You need to install the driver before you install the glx. Is it possible you have different versions of the kernel and glx? The last version I downloaded was 4191. As root you can build the Nvidia driver from the source rpm as follows: rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm rpm --rebuild NVIDIA-GLX-1.0-4191.src.rpm then you install them by executing the following lines: rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.i586.rpm rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.i586.rpm If you are re-installing the driver you would use rpm -Uvh, perhaps with --force if you just rebuilt the driver because you upgraded the Linux kernel. If you need the --force and don't enter it, you will get an error message. I'm not at my Linux machine right now, so this was done from memory, but I think it is pretty accurate. You may also need to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to change the driver name from "nv" to "nvidia". Not also, because of the way they set up the kernel source rpm, I believe you have to build it as root. I hope this helps. Paul Misner Resuilding from the source rpms is really easy.
