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Virp00 03-03-2005 05:33 PM

Installing nvidia driver in fedora core 3
 
After downloading the nvidia driver from their website and trying to install it, I was prompted to log out of the Xserver. After successfully learning how to do that ( I forget the exact keys to press), I'm now lost. Can i enter the command "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-version-pkg1.run" into this blank, black screen? Also, how does one get back into their desktop after the installation is complete? Thanks

Andrew Benton 03-03-2005 05:56 PM

You should be seeing a login prompt. Login as root. if the nvidia installer is in roots home folder you can just enter sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run (or whatever your version is called) but if it's somewhere else you'll need to enter the full path. Most important, Fedora Core 3 has issues with the Nvidia module. If the installation goes OK issue the command

cp /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices

portway 03-03-2005 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Andrew Benton
You should be seeing a login prompt. Login as root. if the nvidia installer is in roots home folder you can just enter sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run (or whatever your version is called) but if it's somewhere else you'll need to enter the full path. Most important, Fedora Core 3 has issues with the Nvidia module. If the installation goes OK issue the command

cp /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices

I go along with this but if you are in the folder where the NVIDIA installer is you should prefix your command with ./ as linux never looks in the current folder for a target so you have to tell it like ./NVIDIA-etc

Andrew Benton 03-03-2005 06:51 PM

Yes, but sh looks in the current folder for the script to execute. I was just copying the original poster who wrote
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-version-pkg1.run

bglnelissen 03-03-2005 07:24 PM

running the installer aint the whole thing. You need to update your xorg.conf file after that an you also need to add a rule in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. Look on Linuxquestions.org for a good guide, there are here, i know.

some hints:
(X means the grafical user interface like KDE or GNOME)

- while you boot text modus and you want to startup X (kde / gnome) just typ:
$ startx (if your root at that moment, you will start a root X, be shure you are a normal user)
- While you are in X and you want to go to text modus (no X) just type
# init 3
be shure you're root
and type
# init 5
to go to X

sometimes when you download a file, the file has some restrictions and your not allowed to excecute the file. Change the restrictions like this:
$ or # chmod 755 NVIDIA*
the * indicates that everyfile beginning NVIDIA is being changed.

when you need to edit a text file in text modus you need to know how to use the text editor. A very good editor is Vi. You NEED TO KNOW how it works. so when you in text modus type:
$ vimtutor
this will start a tutorial for the vi editor.
when you want to open a file in vi just type:
$ vi /theaddress/to/the/file/you/want/to/open
or
$vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
:tisk: BUT RUN vimtutor FIRST, ELSE YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO!:study:
I usually edited my files in X, so i could use a 'normal' text editor. In X the console works the same:
$ programname /fileyou/want/it/to/open
or
$ kwrite /blablabla/foo/bar

your grafical driver settings are stored in xorg.conf and not in XF86Config. The XF86Config, you proberbly see all the time in help files, is an old type of config file. Xorg.conf is your (the new) type.

But after all, print out a good, or a few good guides and don't let yourself be driven mad. Too many already have done that.

Good Luck.


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