Ok, I have given up. I have reformatted and reinstalled mandrake 8.2 The Geforce card is too new to be installed at the reinstall. now how do I install the rpms? Simple as possible please. I am stupid.
Sincerely, STUPID! ----- Original Message ----- From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems Installing New Vid Card > Metamorphysical wrote: > > >PLEASE, I'm slow at getting the hang of Mandrake so explain this to me like > >a 5 year old. > >I just bought a GeForce4 Ti4400 and I need help on installing the > >drivers(RPM's?) from a command prompt. > >The Users guide says it supports Linux but I can't figure out how to install > >the rpm's. > > > >There are 3 listed on the Nvidia site: > >#1 Mandrake8.2 UP i586 Architecture > >#2 Mandrake 8.2 SMP i586 Architecture > >#3 Mandrake 8.2 Secure i586 Architecture > > > >I don't know what the UP, the SMP, or the Secure mean. Can someone help? > > > >Sincerely, > >Lost in Space > >Meta > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > SMP is symmetric Multiprocessor. If you have two or four CPUs on your > motherboard, you need this one > > > Secure corresponds to kernel-secure, a kernel optimized for server and > firewalling use. > > UP corresponds to the standard kernel that is installed if your machine > has a single CPU (Unitary Processor) > > Please note that if you use these binary only drivers which are kernel > modules, then if you update the kernel, they WILL NOT WORK any longer. > That is the (largest practical)problem with binary-only drivers. It is > not such a problem in Windows because the kernel is changed far less > frequently (the Win95 and Win98 kernels are byte-for-byte identical) > which seems almost an alien practice for linux where the kernel changes > early and often. > > Another problem with binary-only drivers is that you cannot be sure of > what you are getting. Several prizes have been awarded lately fro > proof-of-concept spyware that will report your activity to merchants for > their markketing, all working below the level of the user's knowledge. > With the continuing need for revenue, I would expect to see the > binary-only drivers that do not already have such spyware to have it > very soon, all to the enrichment of the vendor of such binary-only drivers. > > Civileme > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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