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ok...when i launch the ,run file it sez i have to ru nas root er sumtin so how would i go about doing this? it sez to exit the x-server but i have no idea how to do this...my distro is mandrake 9.2
well the above is a link to a different thread that has the complete instructions on installing the nvidia drivers ...
as of switching to root you type : su -
and then type the root password after that as it will prompt you for it ....
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