You could use the "nv" driver, but setting up nVidia's
drivers is easy.
up = a single processor
smp = dual processor
enterprise = a pretty good show, but they need to get
out of the damn re-runs. Oh ya, it's also the
kernel that handles memory > 900MB, and probably
other stuff.
Odds are you need the the "up".
1) Download these
http://205.158.109.140/XFree86_40/1.0-2313/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.mdk80up.i386.rpm
http://205.158.109.140/XFree86_40/1.0-2313/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i386.rpm
2) As root,
rpm -i NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.mdk80up.i386.rpm
rpm -i NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i386.rpm
3) Restart X.
Miark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:58 PM
Subject: [newbie] Downloading proper Nvidia driver file
> Hello:
>
> Recently my video card died, and I replaced it with a 32Mb DDR Nvidia Ge
> Force 2GTS. My hard drive is partitioned, so installing the proper drivers
> for my windows portion was uneventful. Unfortunately, I can't say the same
> about my linux partition. When I boot up in linux, I can only get the
> console (terminal) mode, in runlevel 3. So I need to install the drivers in
> linux as well.
>
> I visited the nvidia site and according to their instructions I need to
> download two files. One is the glx file and the other is an .rpm kernel
> file which corresponds to my system. Question is, it is not clear to me,
> which is the correct file. I have installed Mandrake 8.0 with kernel 2.4.3
> (i.e. the standard installation of mandrake power pack edition). The
> options in the nvidia site are: the "UP kernel, the "enterprise kernel", or
> the "smp kernel". Any ideas which is the file I should d/l, or at least how
> to find out?
>
> Also, I don't play video games in my system, is there by any chance some
> kind of generic driver I can install, which was included with the original
> powerpak package? Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dexter
>
>
>
>
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