Metamorphysical wrote: >PLEASE, I'm slow at getting the hang of Mandrake so explain this to me like >a 5 year old. >I just bought a GeForce4 Ti4400 and I need help on installing the >drivers(RPM's?) from a command prompt. >The Users guide says it supports Linux but I can't figure out how to install >the rpm's. > >There are 3 listed on the Nvidia site: >#1 Mandrake8.2 UP i586 Architecture >#2 Mandrake 8.2 SMP i586 Architecture >#3 Mandrake 8.2 Secure i586 Architecture > >I don't know what the UP, the SMP, or the Secure mean. Can someone help? > >Sincerely, >Lost in Space >Meta > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > SMP is symmetric Multiprocessor. If you have two or four CPUs on your motherboard, you need this one
Secure corresponds to kernel-secure, a kernel optimized for server and firewalling use. UP corresponds to the standard kernel that is installed if your machine has a single CPU (Unitary Processor) Please note that if you use these binary only drivers which are kernel modules, then if you update the kernel, they WILL NOT WORK any longer. That is the (largest practical)problem with binary-only drivers. It is not such a problem in Windows because the kernel is changed far less frequently (the Win95 and Win98 kernels are byte-for-byte identical) which seems almost an alien practice for linux where the kernel changes early and often. Another problem with binary-only drivers is that you cannot be sure of what you are getting. Several prizes have been awarded lately fro proof-of-concept spyware that will report your activity to merchants for their markketing, all working below the level of the user's knowledge. With the continuing need for revenue, I would expect to see the binary-only drivers that do not already have such spyware to have it very soon, all to the enrichment of the vendor of such binary-only drivers. Civileme
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
