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Close but not quite. Yes, make sure the kernel source is install, and to a "make cloneconfig". However if your running kernel source for 2.6.x then make dep is no longer used or function: <snip> # *** Warning: make dep is unnecessary now.
found that out, but everything else seemed to proceed ok.
Though you might be well served by issueing:
# make prepare-all
in place of "make dep".
Didn't do this, being well on my way into my own little adventure.
Also, Mr Lists is correct about needing to be in "init 3" . if when running #>sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run they're is a built in command help list that you can use - often times it's needed to use the install program to uninstall the drivers first before reinstallation (and pay attention to the "pkg1" part, sometimes they issue "pkg2" or "pkgX" and this has made a diff in the past). There a few tricks you can do if the installer is being cranky and uncooperative, and with the built help, online help, google, or the list will be able to address these.
Mr Lists pretty much spells out what to do and it's very important to install in init 3, install cleanly (remove previous installs - and in some case tracking down files not removed, which shouldn't be a problem but has been in the past), and make sure XF86Config is properly set up - "glx" in the modules section and that indeed Device section also is setup. Note the once you get the 3D working and X and nVidia behave their is quite a few option you can use similar to those one could add to the X file for ATi cards - but it is much better documented and more thourough. I too have and ATi card (9600XT) and the drivers and support (ha there's a laugh) from ATi in inferior, nVidia is far superior IMHO. When upgrade time comes I'm back to nVidia.
If you have any problems post the output to the list so we might better find the problems.
Cheers, Curtis.
Installer program was VERY cranky about my previous attempt to load the driver from YOU online update, but did un-install it and seemed happy afterward, or less peevish anyway. I did not see much option to built-in help and the questions about un-installing a previous version did not arise...the program just did it without asking me to consider it...in retrospect, a wise decision since I seem to like to experiment, especially with things I don't understand. I did restart the system a few minutes ago, to make sure it would still boot and be able to come up. Seemed to go fine, I am back in GUI, though I did not see the Nvidia logo this time, unless the quick flash just before the logon screen was the logo. Hard to tell. Also, the install program noted I apparently have a module rivafb available and threatened me to not try to run both that and nvidia module at the same time. Is this (rivafb) a module I can comfortably delete/disable so I do not inadvertantly run it in the future? I assume the ...fb refers to framebuffer and riva sounds like an old (ATI) vesa card. Would this be what was running by default, before I installed the nvidia driver? It seems it would be safe to eliminate it then, because shore as shooting if there is something I was warned not to do, I will forget and try to do it sometime down the road.... Nvidia does show in the list with lsmod, so it must be installed, and I have display, so it must be working. I just ran sax2 again, just to see what it was finding, shows the correct card and monitor but did not have 3D enabled which I understood earlier would be enabled when all was correctly done. I enabled it. Will have to see what happens next. Thanks for your advice. Richard