----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 10:24
AM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Problems Installing
New Vid Card
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Behalf Of Metamorphysical
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002
9:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Problems Installing New Vid Card
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!
Sorry, by definition anyone who is intelligent enough to
migrate to Mandrake-Linux can not be
stupid, therefore
you are not stupid.
Now, the easiest way to install the RPMs is:
1. open konqueror by clicking on the home icon on your desk
top.
2. find the downloaded rpms files
3. copy both files to a new folder
4.
open a terminal and type "su" and then the root password without the
quotes.
5. type cd folderwiththenvidiafile.name
6. type "urpmi *.rpm" without the quotes
7. the rpms will be installed or dependencies will be
listed.
8. open a text editor, I like gedit. Navigate
to /etc/x11/xf86config-4 and then do the changes as
mandated
i.e. add "Load "glx" " and change
"nv" to "nvidia" as indicated by the instructions
from
the Nvidia site below : http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-2960/README.txt
If you already have an XF86Config file working with a
different driver
(such as the 'nv' or 'vesa' driver),
then all you need to do is find
the relevant Device
section and replace the line:
Driver "nv"
(or Driver "vesa")
with
Driver
"nvidia"
In the Module section, make sure you have:
Load
"glx"
You should also remove the following lines:
Load "dri"
Load
"GLcore"
if they exist. There are also numerous options that can
be added to
the XF86Config file to fine-tune the
NVIDIA XFree86 driver. Please see
Appendix D for
a complete list of these options.
