First go to
www.nvidia.com . Select drivers, graphics, GeForce, then linux. Grab
NVIDIA_GLX source rpm. Grab NVIDIA_kernel source rpm. Then get those
to your linux machine (either copy the links and wget, or put them on a
fat32 partition and just mount it in linux). Then install both of those
packages using the rpm command (*not urpmi).
rpm -ivh NVIDIA*.rpm
This puts them in /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES .
now get kernel source
urpmi kernel-source
cd /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES
tar xvzf *GLX*.tar.gz
tar xvzf *kernel*.tar.gz
cd NVIDIA_kernel-<numbers>
gmake install
cd NVIDIA_GLX-<numbers>
gmake install
<editor (ie. emacs)> /etc/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
find the driver line where it probably says "nv"
replace the nv with nvidia
save
reboot (I know you don't strictly have to boot, but its easiest and a
good test)
you should be set.
Eric Hattemer wrote:
I think I posted all the instructions to the
list earlier this week), I had some problems, actually. KDE wouldn't
work at all, but gnome worked just fine. I started up gdm manually and
could only run gnome programs. I did that for a while, fixed my sound
driver, turned the computer off for the day, came back the next day, and
mysteriously, it worked beautifully and has worked ever since. Maybe
its because I'm working on mostly new hardware, but I am amazed at how
quick and responsive mdk9 with kde is. . . .
GF cards should work with nvidia's drivers in mdk9,
and if they don't, maybe I or someone else on the list can help you out
with that.
-Eric Hattemer
