Geforce Drivers - Confused

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de
Thu Feb 12 00:20:34 UTC 2004


On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 04:36:05PM -0500, cdrobsonjr at netscape.net wrote:
> Sorry, I'm afraid I came checking in too late to catch your earlier
> post. Could you provide a link?

  http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-February/msg02302.html

> Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
> >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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