On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 16:30, Preston Cody wrote:
> My Problem: I have an Nvidia TNT2, so I need to get the nvidia drivers
> from their website, compile them, and manually edit my XF86Config-4
> file. The average user shouldn't have to do this.
True. Mandrake does offer them on the club and on the PowerPack disc, I
believe.
> What furthers my problem is that I had to download and compile a
> separate kernel in order for the nvidia drivers to want to compile.
> This of course messes up a lot of mandrake's features such as supermount
> and various modules.
You should just --rebuild the source rpms from the NVIDIA site. Takes
all of two minutes. (You'll need to have kernel-source installed).
Austin
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Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc.
Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
MandrakeClub Volunteer (www.mandrakeclub.com)
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