The real key it to get the .src.rpms or the tar.gz files and compile them. make sure you haven't changed the kernel src/headers from the actual kernel you are running and you should be fine. One downer is that if you do change/upgrade kernels you will have to re-compile the drivers (personal experience).
[johnny-5]# rpm --rebuild <package-name-here> [johnny-5]# cd /usr/src/RPMS/SOURCES (could be /usr/src/RPMS/RPMS I forget) // iirc [johnny-5]# rpm -ivh <pakage-name-here> Its pretty easy and painless. The hard part is looking up the how-to info and that's pretty quick via google and a sharp eye. My only recommendation for using the rpms over the tar.gz files is to be able to use the rpm db to manage it as an installed package. On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 12:58, Lorne wrote: > thank you very much for the information form all of you. I'm not ignoring > you. I have downloaded the files and will work on them as I have time. I will > report back on how it goes. > > On Saturday 28 September 2002 11:09 pm, you wrote: > > Please try these: > > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-3123/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.tar.gz > > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-3123/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.tar.g > >z > > > > ppl have soo much trouble with the rpms. just untar these and type: > > 'make' as root without single quotes in each resulting directory. > > Then edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and change "nv" to "nvidia" > > under the graphic section for your driver. > > > > If you are in X, please log out and back in. > > > > hth, > > -s > > > > On Sunday 29 September 2002 12:41 am, Lorne wrote: > > > I have tried all the Nvidia drivers that mandrake had built in. > > > There were like 6 of them. Did you mean nvidia linux drivers? I > > > haven't found those yet. > > > > > > > I'm fairly sure you're gonna /have/ to use the nvidia drivers as > > > > gf4's aren't supported by XFree86 yet. > > > > -s > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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