I dont' know if this is a dumb question or not, but does it make a difference which version of X is running? Like XFree 3.? Vs 4.1.?
Steve On Wednesday 12 December 2001 09:05, you wrote: > Yes, X does work fine. > > On Tuesday 11 December 2001 20:45, you wrote: > > does X even start for you ? > > > > On Wednesday 12 December 2001 20:48, you wrote: > > > Did the lsmod and it did show up at the top of the list, but it says > > > that it's unused. Interesting. Does unused mean though the driver is > > > there and loaded it's not actually being used because something has yet > > > to tell it to be used. Just guessing; I have no clue! LOL > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > On Tuesday 11 December 2001 20:33, you wrote: > > > > you could also run /sbin/lsmod and you should see NVdriver under the > > > > list, if so it's loaded > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 12 December 2001 18:39, you wrote: > > > > > Paul: > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the tip! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This was done with the stock kernel. My wife would kill me if I > > > > > messed with her Linux! She never has any problems and it never has > > > > > to be shutdown. I was lucky enough to get her to let me do this so > > > > > she could play Unreal Tournament. > > > > > > > > > > I will give this a try and see if it works. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 11 December 2001 09:28 pm, you wrote: > > > > > > This happenned to me as well. Did you by any chance update her > > > > > > kernel (the kernel module is compiled for the stock kernel). > > > > > > > > > > > > What I did was download the source rpm and then (as root): > > > > > > > > > > > > rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel.src.rpm > > > > > > rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_kernel...rpm > > > > > > > > > > > > then install the NVIDIA_GLX.rpm > > > > > > > > > > > > -Paul Rodríguez > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 22:09, Steven Spears wrote: > > > > > > > Hello: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to install the new NVidia drivers on my wife's > > > > > > > machine and I'm having a bit of a problem. When I install the > > > > > > > rpm for 8.1 it says this: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Preparing... > > > > > > > ########################################### [100%] > > > > > > > 1:NVIDIA_kernel ########################################### > > > > > > > [100%] modprobe: Can't locate module NVdriver > > > > > > > > > > > > > > NVdriver installed successfully > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using this command: "rpm -ivh NVIDIA* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any help or points to the proper location for help would be > > > > > > > greatly appreciated. I've already tried going through the > > > > > > > archives to no avail. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------=_1008126640-29021-1628 > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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