geforce 6600 drivers?

everyonebleeds · 11-09-2006, 12:20 AM

so i went to nvidias website hit graphic->geforce->linux amd64 (from drivers menu) and i start downloading the driver i get to about 5-10 percent and it craps out on me, i even tried downloading the file on a different computer (which runs XP) and it wouldnt work, so i am wondering if there is a alternate place i can download the driver from, and by the way this is the error i get:

Code:

/home/bob/Desktop/downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9629-pkg2.run.part
could not be saved, because the source file could not be read.

try again later, or contatct the server administrator

rickh · 11-09-2006, 12:21 AM

Multiple posting is a juvenile waste of time, and will tend to get your question ignored.

reddazz · 11-09-2006, 12:35 AM

Please do not post your thread in more than one forum. Choose one appropriate forum and post it there.

Try using wget e.g.

Code:

$wget http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/1.0-7184/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-7184-pkg2.run

mcmillan · 11-09-2006, 12:38 AM

It seemed to work fine for me, so it might have been a temporary problem on nvidia's side of things. Either way there's problem a package available as well. I know ubuntu and arch have packages, I'm pretty sure suse did when I tried it. Without knowing what distro you use that's about all the info I can give.

everyonebleeds · 11-09-2006, 03:17 PM

i downloaded it succesfully today, and the reason i posted two threads is because it never told me it succesfully posted the first, so i could have had a connection error, but when someone makes a mistake please do not talk to them in such a rude manor as rickh did, that was the truly juvenile act, and thanks to everyone else for the help, and not being so rude about my mistake

reddazz · 11-09-2006, 03:29 PM

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