27 Jan
2005
27 Jan
'05
14:11
On Thursday 27 January 2005 08:52, Gil Weber wrote: > ** Reply to message from "LeRoy H. Maxwell III" <lhm0155@stjoelive.com> > on Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:50:26 -0600 > > > Ok first, yes you should go ahead and dl the nvidia driver from the > > nvidia site, then of course > > Chmod it to executable and that sort of thing, then also dl the readme > > and follow it CAREFULLY > > You shouldn't have any big problems (if you do we've all been there and > > can help) I've found the new 66.29 driver to be fairly reliable...Just > > remember that once you have the new driver installed and do sax2 -m > > 0=nvidia and restart xwindows that as long As the nvidia module loads > > 3d is enabled whether its marked in the yast display properties or not > > LeRoy, thanks for this reply. Please clarify -- I am just a beginner: > > 1) "Chmod it to executable..." What does that mean? > > 2) "... and that sort of thing..." This is so open-ended I have no idea > what to look for or what to do. > > 3) Is the Nvidia driver you're saying I should download **different** > than the one I get with the YaST on-line update? 1) chmod(1) is the command to change the permissions on a file. chmod ugo+x <filename) This turns on the execute bit for the the owner (u), group(g) and others(o). +x turns it on, -x turns it off. Most files you download from the Internet come with a README file. You should use vim, or any other text editor to read it. YaST may not give you the latest version of some of the drivers for various reasons. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9