Re: [SLE] Nvidia drivers via http download - Please help
Hi list, I have the following specs: Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP mboard AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU (with standard heatsink and fan) MSI GeForce FX 5900XT GPU 2 x 512MB DDR 333MHz (PC2700) Legend 1 x 40Gig Seagate 7200RPM 8Mb Cache System Hard Disk COMPAQ 19" 9500 Monitor I plan a SUSE Standard Server 8 install on this machine whithin the next couple of days (to replce my Micro$oft OS) for watching movies and trying out some 3D games on SUSE (I have read a lot about this latley). Question 1: Can anyone tell me if they have a location of the nVidia drivers (that one needs to download and install) via http and NOT ftp so I can get them. Our ftp is disabled on my work connection and I want to get these drivers. The problem is nVidia only offer them for ftp download so I am stuck. I dont have the web from home. Question 2: Has anyone got any experience installing the nVidia drivers for a GeForce 5900Xt - did it work? Question3: Can I damage any of my hardware installing Linux on this system? From the manuals and Web it appears SUSE fully supports the AMD Athlon 64 chips so I feel secure. Just in case - can I damage anything obvious? I put a lot of my (and my girlfriend's ;-) personal cash to setup this system - so I cannot afford to blow it. Please help / advise if you have any comments at all. Thanks in advance guys.. --------------------------------------------- Jonathan Hughes Technical Support Specialist Goodyear South Africa --------------------------------------------- MCSD / MCP Registered Linux User # 362669 ============================================================================== Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying. -Anonymous ==============================================================================
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 09:49, jonathan_hughes@goodyear.co.za wrote:
Hi list,
I have the following specs:
Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP mboard AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU (with standard heatsink and fan) MSI GeForce FX 5900XT GPU 2 x 512MB DDR 333MHz (PC2700) Legend 1 x 40Gig Seagate 7200RPM 8Mb Cache System Hard Disk COMPAQ 19" 9500 Monitor
I plan a SUSE Standard Server 8 install on this machine whithin the next couple of days (to replce my Micro$oft OS) for watching movies and trying out some 3D games on SUSE (I have read a lot about this latley).
Woot? If you wanna play games, why in the world would you install Standard Server? You need SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional, Standard Server is made for entirely different purpose than playing games.
Question 1: Can anyone tell me if they have a location of the nVidia drivers (that one needs to download and install) via http and NOT ftp so I can get them. Our ftp is disabled on my work connection and I want to get these drivers. The problem is nVidia only offer them for ftp download so I am stuck. I dont have the web from home.
Question 2: Has anyone got any experience installing the nVidia drivers for a GeForce 5900Xt - did it work?
nvidia works. If you're lucky, you can download drivers with YaST and have it set up everything for you, no problem at all. I had such luck some times. Other times, no luck, the damn drivers didn't compile because they expected something in the kernel headers files and that was changed. Anyway, it can be done. SUSE is not responsible for the mess. I'd say BLAME nvidia! Why won't they allow SUSE to include the drivers in the kit? Anyone knows what their "legal" stupid reasons are?
Question3: Can I damage any of my hardware installing Linux on this system? From the manuals and Web it appears SUSE fully supports the AMD Athlon 64 chips so I feel secure. Just in case - can I damage anything obvious? I put a lot of my (and my girlfriend's ;-) personal cash to setup this system - so I cannot afford to blow it.
NO WAY in the world you can _damage_ your hardware by installing Linux.
On Wednesday 11 Aug 2004 09:43, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 09:49, jonathan_hughes@goodyear.co.za wrote:
Hi list,
I have the following specs:
Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP mboard AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU (with standard heatsink and fan) MSI GeForce FX 5900XT GPU 2 x 512MB DDR 333MHz (PC2700) Legend 1 x 40Gig Seagate 7200RPM 8Mb Cache System Hard Disk COMPAQ 19" 9500 Monitor
I plan a SUSE Standard Server 8 install on this machine whithin the next couple of days (to replce my Micro$oft OS) for watching movies and trying out some 3D games on SUSE (I have read a lot about this latley).
Woot? If you wanna play games, why in the world would you install Standard Server? You need SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional, Standard Server is made for entirely different purpose than playing games.
Question 1: Can anyone tell me if they have a location of the nVidia drivers (that one needs to download and install) via http and NOT ftp so I can get them. Our ftp is disabled on my work connection and I want to get these drivers. The problem is nVidia only offer them for ftp download so I am stuck. I dont have the web from home.
Question 2: Has anyone got any experience installing the nVidia drivers for a GeForce 5900Xt - did it work?
nvidia works. If you're lucky, you can download drivers with YaST and have it set up everything for you, no problem at all. I had such luck some times. Other times, no luck, the damn drivers didn't compile because they expected something in the kernel headers files and that was changed.
Anyway, it can be done.
IF people learnt to use the CLI Command Line Interface a little and not Rely on some darn GUI to do a job that involves frigging around with the graphics in the first place there would be a lot Less problems with Installing the Nvidia drivers it is a piece of cake .. The Pre-Recs are the FULL kernel sources i mean FULL as well every thing if you are running an SMP box then the SMP sources other wise the normal sources the obj 's the binary the lot and of course a Working compiler . Then Read and Print out the instructions on the Nvidia Site Follow them TO THE LETTER and you are away if it fails you have probably not followed the instructions to the Letter..
SUSE is not responsible for the mess. I'd say BLAME nvidia! Why won't they allow SUSE to include the drivers in the kit? Anyone knows what their "legal" stupid reasons are?
Question3: Can I damage any of my hardware installing Linux on this system? From the manuals and Web it appears SUSE fully supports the AMD Athlon 64 chips so I feel secure. Just in case - can I damage anything obvious? I put a lot of my (and my girlfriend's ;-) personal cash to setup this system - so I cannot afford to blow it.
NO WAY in the world you can _damage_ your hardware by installing Linux.
I will back that up No Way Can Installing Linux Damage your Hardware i dunno about the other infestation thou .. Pete . -- Linux user No: 256242 Machine No: 139931 G6NJR Pete also MSA registered "Quinton 11" A Linux Only area Happy bug hunting M$ clan PGN
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 10:43, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
SUSE is not responsible for the mess. I'd say BLAME nvidia! Why won't they allow SUSE to include the drivers in the kit?
This was discussed a while back. nvidia explicitly allows linux distributions to include their drivers, and several do, including Conectiva.
Anyone knows what their "legal" stupid reasons are?
The stupid party here would be in Nürnberg
NO WAY in the world you can _damage_ your hardware by installing Linux.
Where were you when Mandrake 10 was released? suse should be safe though
Silviu, On Wednesday 11 August 2004 01:43, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
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NO WAY in the world you can _damage_ your hardware by installing Linux.
The one exception to the inability of software to damage hardware actually comes in the video card and monitor realm. In some cases, it is possible to configure frequency parameters that cause overheating or even burn-out in some components of the video board or monitor. I'll admit modern hardware (certainly most everything manufactured since computers became consumer items) are pretty much immune to this phenomenon, but it did happen with early PC hardware and software. I suppose it mostly constitutes trivia. Now back to our regularly scheduled exchange of problems, solutions and ideas. Randall Schulz
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 jonathan_hughes@goodyear.co.za wrote: | Hi list, | | I have the following specs: | | Gigabyte GA-K8NNXP mboard | AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU (with standard heatsink and fan) | MSI GeForce FX 5900XT GPU | 2 x 512MB DDR 333MHz (PC2700) Legend | 1 x 40Gig Seagate 7200RPM 8Mb Cache System Hard Disk | COMPAQ 19" 9500 Monitor Almost identical setup, I have a GeForce 5500XT w/256MB RAM (vendor messed up and shipped this instead of 5600 w/128. Shame they didn't ship the 5950 instead.) instead and a 200G hdd and I use a 19" Samsung SyncMaster 950p (moving to a 19" LCD soon). | I plan a SUSE Standard Server 8 install on this machine whithin the next | couple of days (to replce my Micro$oft OS) for watching movies and trying | out some 3D games on SUSE (I have read a lot about this latley). Use SuSE 9.0/9.1 instead. | Question 1: | Can anyone tell me if they have a location of the nVidia drivers (that one | needs to download and install) via http and NOT ftp so I can get them. Our | ftp is disabled on my work connection and I want to get these drivers. The | problem is nVidia only offer them for ftp download so I am stuck. I dont | have the web from home. Install from command line in runlevel three (init 3) using yast and select the fetchnvidia patch. Then run SaX2 to finish it up. Try one of the http mirrors for the patch install. I've got a copy here in case you don't get the patch to run. http://www.hsc.usf.edu/~joscott/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run I'll leave it for a few days. | Question 2: | Has anyone got any experience installing the nVidia drivers for a GeForce | 5900Xt - did it work? My 5500XT works great, Unreal Tournament 2004 screams and DVDs play fine once you get the right packages in place. | Question3: | Can I damage any of my hardware installing Linux on this system? From the | manuals and Web it appears SUSE fully supports the AMD Athlon 64 chips so I | feel secure. Just in case - can I damage anything obvious? I put a lot of | my (and my girlfriend's ;-) personal cash to setup this system - so I | cannot afford to blow it. No. John -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBGjcU5JB+bPW3+KwRAsUnAJ9tZTld8Xb4eZjalcK8OKsGyCnUSACbBZiz Nbn4nwSmS8LvQcmecHvJ6FI= =8brw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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