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Old 10-03-2004, 06:39 PM   #31
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Depends on how new your card is. XFree86 should have been able to autodetect your card during install if it is older. If it is newer, I would start here:
http://nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
 
Old 10-03-2004, 06:42 PM   #32
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ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before
installing. For further details, please see the section INSTALLING
THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linux driver
download page at www.nvidia.com.
 
Old 10-03-2004, 06:43 PM   #33
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They only way I know is init 3 and that don't work.
 
Old 10-03-2004, 08:15 PM   #34
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NVM I jsut install Ubuntu and it works great!
 
  


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