Another Nvidia drivers question from another extreme noob
 

Hey folks. I'm running Mandrake 9.1 with GNOME. I'm trying to install these: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496

I login as root, go to the folder that I downloaded the file to and type "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run" The computer starts thinking and ticking and then I get the following error:

ERROR: Unable to find the system utility `ld`; please make sure you have the
package 'binutils' installed. If you do have binutils installed,
then please check that `ld` is in your PATH.

I have no idea what any of this means. I've been using Linux since Tuesday. If anyone can explain how I could go about fixing this problem with step-by-step detail in extremely elementary terms I WOULD BE MUCH OLBIGED.

Thanks.

i'll giv u a hint. launch mandrake command center. from there go to add packages. make sure u have selected all the option under developement. and then install. it will prompt u for all the required cd. after that rerun nvidia setup

run this command to see if you have binutils installed:

rpm -qa "binutils"

if the output is something like:
binutils-2.XXXXXXXXXX

then it's installed. most likely though it isn't. in which case you can get them here:

http://rpmfind.rediris.es/rpm2html/binutils.html

download and install the package for your distro and its version.

Thanks for the quick replies. Mega, your suggestion solved my problem, so thanks for that. I've got the driver installed. Now, how do I edit my Xfree86Config?

Edit-
Also, every time I open up the Mandrake Control Center, my mouse freezes.
It's a USB Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0. Any idea how I could fix this?

Thanks.