On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 19:46, David B. Williams wrote: > On Monday 03 May 2004 04:11 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 04:06, Alex Brooks wrote: > > > Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 01:54, John Layt wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 03 May 2004 14:45, David B. Williams wrote: > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > DBW > > > > > > > > > > You need to make sure you have the same kernel source rpm installed > > > > > as the kernel you are running when you try to install. Due to a bug > > > > > in the installer, this should be the ONLY source rpm you have > > > > > installed. After that, the installer should work (did for me). > > > > > Alternatively, if you're a club member, there are RPM's available in > > > > > the Club Commercial download section, which also work for me. > > > > > > > > > > John. > > > > > > > > Are you running kernel 2.6? > > > > > > > > LX > > > > > > I managed to get it working on 2.6, but NOT when 2 sources were > > > installed. (The installer gets confused then and goes for the 2.4, > > > realises somethings gone wrong, and falls over.) > > > > > > Alex > > > > Interesting. Everyone ought to file this for future reference. Thanks > > for the info on 2.6. > > > > LX > > And it worked. > In my trying to get the installer to work yesterday, I managed to get a total > of four sets of sources installed and screwed something else up. So since I > just installed 10.0 official a week ago, I did it again but did not install > LSB and only 2.6.3-7. Once I installed the sources for it, the installer did > its job just fine and I have the proper nvidia driver loading. > Course the next problem is - not everything appears to work. However, my > hi-tech method of testing is to use xscreensaver. > DBW >
Congratulations, David! Hope you are enjoying the speed. :) LX
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