Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers (again) NEED HELP FROM KERNEL GURU!

2001-07-29 Thread Jeferson Lopes Zacco
I feel so good to be able to help a fellow newbie...two weeks ago and I didn't know how to compile these drivers myself >/usr/include/linux/modversions.h:1:2: #error Modules should never use > kernel-headers system headers, > /usr/include/linux/modversions.h:2:2: #error but headers from an >

Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers (again) NEED HELP FROM KERNEL GURU!

2001-07-24 Thread Kernell32
Hmm glx is installed fine i guess. The kernel wont install thats weird i never seen that one before ... did you do any changes to it? Do you use a custom kernel or is it the default ? What kernel version is it? The default mandrake8 kernel should work fine. Thing is i dont know allmost anythi

Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers (again)

2001-07-23 Thread Kernell32
On Monday 23 July 2001 21:18, Terry C wrote: > Thanks. I already used the nv_check.sh script and it > said that everything was OK. Based on the information > I have been seeing I am thinking that I need to try > installing the 1251 drivers from the tarball instead > of the rpm. Should I uninstall

Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers (again)

2001-07-23 Thread Terry C
Thanks. I already used the nv_check.sh script and it said that everything was OK. Based on the information I have been seeing I am thinking that I need to try installing the 1251 drivers from the tarball instead of the rpm. Should I uninstall the drivers I installed from the rpm first and then ins

Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers (again)

2001-07-23 Thread james
i used to get segmentation errors when using OpenGL - it was because i hadnt installed the kernel properly - there is a shell script called nv check which checks if everything is installed ok get it at : http://www.lokigames.com/~heimdall/nvidia/nv_check.sh just cd to the dir and type : $ sh nv_c

Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers (again)

2001-07-23 Thread Kernell32
Here is a snip of the nvidias own readme that you find from the same section of nvidias homepage there where you can download the tars. This snip concerns the tar install prozess . I repeat: Use the tars not the rpms and follow the instructions from THIS readme DONT use the instructions that yo