On March 17, 2006 10:30, Keith Powell wrote: > On Friday 17 March 2006 4:00 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > 3. I gave up after 3 hours of trying to install the nvidia driver. ... > > Ron. > > The way to install the nvidia driver is, in a terminal, type: > > sudo apt-get update (to update the repositories) > > then > > sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx > > finally > > sudo nvidia-glx-config enable > > > This installs the nvidia driver. That's all there is to it!
Thanks, that would have helped. But it was only one of the issues that led me to give up on it. The repeated crashes were the worst. I've moved on, and not going back any time soon. > I've tried KUbuntu. Not particularly impressed with it, but had no > problems at all with the repositories. I went to /etc/apt/sources.lst > and, with an editor, un-hashed the ones which were hashed out. This > gave me a lot more packages available to install if I needed them. But I'm talking about the install process, before I ever get an opportunity to edit the repository list. It doesn't ask you if you want to check for available repositories and update, it just does it, and is non-interruptible (except with the power button). > Hope this helps > > Keith -- Ron (ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net) Opinions expressed here are all mine ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
