nvidia GEForce graphics card issue with FC4

[Globe Trotter]

So your installation could actually connect to ftp.nvidia.com?

I can't connect during installation or even later, such as now (just  a
test)....

ncftp ftp.nvidia.com

NcFTP 3.1.9 (Mar 24, 2005) by Mike Gleason (http://www.NcFTP.com/contact/).
Connecting to ftp.nvidia.com...                                                

Could not connect to ftp.nvidia.com -- try again later: Connection timed out.  

Redialing (try 1)...                                                           


(hangs)

On the other hand, 

ncftp download.nvidia.com
NcFTP 3.1.9 (Mar 24, 2005) by Mike Gleason (http://www.NcFTP.com/contact/).
Connecting to download.nvidia.com...                                           

Microsoft FTP Service
Logging in...                                                                  

Anonymous user logged in.
Logged in to download.nvidia.com.                                              

ncftp / > 

But this is no help because that script uses ftp.nvidia.com.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks!


Many thanks!

--- "Brian D. McGrew" <brian at visionpro.com> wrote:

> I installed the latest nVidia drivers on a FC4 box yesterday with no
> problems.
> 
> -brian
>  
> Brian D. McGrew { brian at visionpro.com || brian at doubledimension.com }
> ---
> > Those of you who think you know it all,
>   really annoy those of us who do!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Globe Trotter
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:45 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: nvidia GEForce graphics card issue with FC4
> 
> 
> 
> --- Jeff Vian <jvian10 at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 09:03 +0200, Klaasjan Brand wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 9/22/05, Globe Trotter <itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >         Has anyone successfully managed to get the following done?
> > >         
> > >        
> >
> http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Fedora_Core_4_Linux_Installati
> on_Notes#nVidia:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Installing the official nVidia drivers (which is explained on the
> > > referenced site) can be a bit complicated.
> > 
> > What do you mean complicated?
> > It involves 2 steps and a reboot.
> > 1.  boot to runlevel 3 and login as root, cd to the directory where
> you
> > downloaded the NVIDIA.....run file, and run "sh NVIDIA....run" to
> > compile the driver.
> > 2.  edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the driver from "nv" to
> "nvidia"
> > then reboot
> > 
> > The most complex part is you must have installed the kernel-devel
> > package for your kernel for this to work.
> > 
> > > If you just want the drivers to work, try the Livna packages by
> > > following the instructions at
> http://rpm.livna.org/livna-switcher.html
> > > 
> > 
> > Admittedly, this is a simpler approach for the install, since you do
> not
> > even have to reboot to do the install, but you do have to still edit
> the
> > xorg.conf file and then reboot (or otherwise restart the X server) to
> > activate the new driver.
> > 
> > However, if I was using the livna rpm approach, the recent snafu with
> > the xorg updates would have totally blown me away with inability to
> use
> > the nvidia driver until an updated package was available from livna.
> > I was able to recompile using the official package ( the .run file)
> > install procedure and was back up immediately.
> > 
> I agree it is not complicated. However, at least nowadays, it is not
> possible
> to update the kernel module because it hangs while contacting
> ftp.mvidia.com.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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