-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I use elinks, I find it works the best.
You could try to wget the following url: http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8178/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run Mike Bougie wrote: > I was able to instal lthe headers, but I don't have another machine to SSH > into. What is the command-line 'net browser I can use to get the right > driver? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Gustin Johnson > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:39 PM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Video Card Switched > > For K/Ubuntu, install the kernel headers. This sounds harder than it is: > > aptitude install kernel-headers > > should download and install everything that need. You may also need to > install build-essential as well. > > Mike Bougie wrote: > >>>Thanks for the info. I'm not quite sure re the kernel headers/source >>>(to be honest, I'm not even sure what they are) but I'll follow the >>>site's instructions and see what comes from it! >>> >>>Linux User 394239 >>>http://underover.wordpress.com >>> >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>Behalf Of bogi >>>Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:13 PM >>>To: CLUG General >>>Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Video Card Switched >>> >>>Hi Mike, >>>Yep, i got one of those too :-) >>>Mandriva did not recognize it, so did not FC4, but both where close >>>enough, and recognized it as Nvidia Generic, That worked, but no >>>acceleration. Now you need to dl the driver from the nvidia website, >>>http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html >>>Check your cpu type, they have 32 and 64 bit drivers. >>>http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8178.html >>>This is the 32 bit driver.Read the page, dl the driver, run it as >>>root, Make sure you have kernel headers and kernel source installed >>>properly in your system, the driver will likely compile the module for >>>your system on the spot and install it. Follow the instructions in the >>>README file to edit Xorg.conf or Xf86config.conf depending on your >>>system setup. (likely Xorg) when done, reboot and you are done. Oh, >>>you must do the install process with no X running (init 3 will do the >>>trick) do the install and edit the xorg.conf than init 5) and there you > > go, warp 10. > >>>Cheers >>>Szemir >>> >>>On January 8, 2006 12:11, Mike Bougie wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Hey folks! I recently upgraded from an old Radeon 7000 to a fancy new >>>>nVidia FX 5200 and when I boot into Ubuntu 5.10 (2.6.12) X doesn't >>>>recognize the change. >>>> >>>>How can I fix this? I can boot into command line fine, so I'm guessing >>>>that I have to configure X to use the new VC, but am lost as to how. >>>> >>>>Thanks in advance! >>>> >>>>~Mike >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>clug-talk mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>**Please remove these lines when replying >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>clug-talk mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >>>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >>>**Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDwZv7wRXgH3rKGfMRAhLzAJwI60+lIS8RR36x7wWbjquGr5jERQCfS0Aj iVSx8jBsMYvb20sFQrgX6kE= =8QlT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
