Geforce Drivers - Confused

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 02:03:26PM -0500, cdrobsonjr at netscape.net wrote:
> I was reading this thread because I am impacted similarly.
> However, what is not covered here, and which I would like to know is,
> while these instructions do in fact remedy getting nVidia drivers
> working for the newer kernel, running the nVidia install script
> modifies the old setups of the previous install on the old kernel.
> I want to be able to switch back to my old kernel, or in fact any
> kernel I may choose to keep on my system, and have the nVidia
> drivers at the ready upon booting into any kernel without the
> necessity of going through the steps as outlined in the post
> below.  There must be a way to set up a separte set of configuration
> files which each kernel can refer to without having to write over
> one common one that nVidia drivers can reference upon startup.
> This is my quest.  Anybody out there care to help or point me
> somewhere which addresses this need?

That is exactly what rpm packages are for. Non-intrusive and
reversible installations. I answered to this thread in another post on
how to get rpms for various kernels and various nvidia drivers
concurrently installed. Have a look there.

> Doug
> Clint Harshaw <clint at penguinsolutions.org> wrote:
> 
> >Jim Radford wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >> 
> >> I've managed to get the afternoon off, so I'm taking the time to upgrade my 
> >> kernel (using up2date) to  2.4.22-1.2166
> >> 
> >> However, I know that last time I upgraded, I had to reinstall my Geforce 
> >> drivers - so I'm looking to upgrade them to the latest version as well.
> >> 
> >> I currently have the following installed:
> >> 
> >> [root at mailgate new]# rpm -qa | grep nvidia
> >> nvidia-glx-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1
> >> kernel-module-nvidia-driver-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1
> >> kernel-module-nvidia-driver-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1
> >> 
> >> Firstly, I can't recall where I got those rpms from :(
> >> 
> >> Secondly, I grabbed a URL from another thread on this list and went to look at 
> >> the rpms there: http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/fc1/nvidia-graphics/ 
> >> 
> >> There are so many to choose from, that I'm confused as to which to get.
> >> 
> >> I have an Althlon XP 1800 and a Geforce 4 Ti (I forget which model)
> >> 
> >> Can somebody please tell me what to install and ease my aching brain.
> >> 
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
> >Jim:
> >
> >Here is set of instructions that work for me when I install an updated 
> >kernel and need to get my nvidia driver to play with the new kernel.
> >
> >1. Point your browser to this URL:
> >http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html
> >
> >2. You can select the most recent driver there. (as of this writing, 
> >it's 1.0.5336)
> >
> >3. Download it, and note the location of where you put it. Write it down 
> >on some paper, 'cause you'll need to navigate there soon.
> >
> >4. Reboot your machine in the new kernel. X will fail and ask if you 
> >want to view the logs, or try the configuration. Answer "no" to both of 
> >them, and you'll go to a text-based login.
> >
> >6. login as root and navigate to where you stored your downloaded driver 
> >installation file.
> >
> >7. type this:
> >sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel
> >
> >9. when the previous instruction is complete, type this:
> >sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1-custom.run
> >
> >10. reboot your machine and X will be using the new driver.
> >
> >There is also a more complete set of instructions at this URL:
> >http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/custom_nvidia.html
> >
> >(I didn't have to do the CC="gcc32" for this latest driver, but I did 
> >for an earlier driver installation.))
> >
> >Clint
> >
> >
> 
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Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
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