My preferred solution has been the following...
Download the .src.rpm versions of NVIDIA_Kernel and NVIDIA_GLX from the
ftp site.
Bring up a terminal window (or do this completely outside X).
su to root.
rpm --rebuild *.src.rpm
cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586
rpm -Uvh NV*.rpm
vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
add the line...
Load "glx"
... just after Section "Module"
Restart X.
The nicest part of this was that the rpm install automatically renamed
the MesaGL files that are known to conflict with nVidia's drivers.
Joe Lore wrote:
> Hi,
> I have Mandrake 7.2 installed and wanted to use the latest drivers for Linux
> that are posted on Nvidia's web site for my Gforce Annihilator Pro card.
> I downloaded the RPM and when I double click it, I get a list of files. One
> of these files is called install, if I double click that I get a text
> message saying "Run this to install the package".
> Not too sure how to do this or what to do next.
> Can anyone give me some guidance?
> Thanks,
> j0e
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