On May 2, 2004, at 21:45, David B. Williams wrote:
On Sunday 02 May 2004 11:14 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 22:57, David B. Williams wrote:OK- Tried the install and that went off without any problems. When I
changed the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to use the nvidia driver instead
of nv, the system booted to the command line. I check the config file and
it had been changed back to nv.
What I am trying to do is get the 3D stuff working so that I can use some
of the options on xscreensaver as well as a solitare game that I bought
(and had working under 9.1).
I have Mesa loaded and installed.
I guess that I don't have some config file set correctly, but am at a
loss as what to look for next.
DBW
You need to get the latest Nvidia drivers from the Nvidia website and
run the installer. When you do it will tell you if it has an interface
ready and available for the kernel. If it doesn't, then it will tell
you that as well, and at that point it will ask you about recompiling.
Run thru the questions and you should have some new Nvidia drivers
installed.
After that you naturally need to follow the directions listed in
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-5328
Or whatever other /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_* directory was created. These
directions will tell you what you need to do to the XF86Config-4 file.
If you get it working ok a report back telling about success would be nice.
LX
Nothing ever works that easy for me.
Downloaded the 5336 run pkg.
Run it and get errors said that I needed to recompile
Made sure I had the Kernal sources loaded and tried the installer and then I
get an error from the installer that it can't determine the NVIDIA Kernal
level.
Now I am running 2.6.3-7 and the NVIDIA files are for 2.4
I expected to recompile for the 2.6 but it don't seem to get very far.
Where do I go from here?
Lets see if I can help. First of all, at least for 10.0 official there are NVIDIA driver RPMs for kernel 2.6.3-7. You will need to install NVIDIA_kernel-2.6.3.7md and NVIDIA_GLX.
If you don't have 10.0 official or you prefer to build and install yourself, here is what I had to do to build and run the Nvidia module under kernel 2.6.3-9:
1. Make sure you have the kernel sources installed.
2. Make sure you have a build link in the appropriate modules directory pointing to your kernel source:
First try: ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r`
If you see a link called build pointing to the kernel source, go to step 3. Otherwise create the link:
ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build
3. Copy the configuration of the currently running kernel to /usr/src/linux:
Backup the current .config file: cp /usr/src/linux/.config /usr/src/linux/config.bak
Then copy the running kernel's config file: cp /boot/config /usr/src/linux/.config
4. Try to build the Nvidia modules.
Avi
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