hi all,

I'm pretty new to linux, so maybe this is a stupid question, but i can't figure it out...

I'm running RED HAT 9.0 and installed Unreal Tournament 2004,
but i can't run it due to a old video driver.

my kernel is 2.4.20-8, my card is geforce 4 ti 4600 ultra, now the problem:

i can't seem to find the latest drivers / kernel drivers for this kernel so if anyone knows which ones i need, it would be a great help.

ps .rpm would be the most easiest way as far as i know, so i prefer those


thanks in advance


grtz

go to www.nvidia.com and download the drivers for you video card. Is pretty easy to install (just have to run the program, and will install everything).

i've found several drivers, but with the latest one i've found, it said i have to install the NVIDIA_kernel first, and this is the one i can not find, at least not the one with the same number as the driver... also there are so much different drivers available there, how do i know which ones to use with my kernel?

When you install the driver, the script will download the appropiate kernel version, or will build a kernel driver for you, so don't worry.
It's really easy, in nvidia website, just select drivers, geforce cards and linux, and you'll be redirected to the right place to download the driver.

thanks i'll give it a try again, perhaps i did something wrong...
o, b.t.w. my red hat system isn't connected to the internet yet, so it can not download the kernel driver, let's just hope it will create one for me then

should i be using the .rpm driver or the standard one?

It will, I have a custom kernel and i didn't have any problem when compiling kernel driver, and i'm using also RH9

Well, i've downloaded every driver i could find, but none of them work!
i've downloaded and ran the NVchooser.sh script and it told me i need the following files:

NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.src.rpm
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i386.rpm

the GLX file i have, but the kernel file can't be found...

i've found this file : NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2313.rh72up.i386.rpm
this is for RH7.2 but i don't know if it will work...

i'll give it a try later this day, when i'm home again.

this stupid driver is really pissing me off! it's been 6 days now of searching for the correct driver, and the error message i got...



b.t.w. another question, when reading a couple of tutorials i came across the possibility of recompiling the kernel.

it said to do this:

$ make menuconfig

after this i got a menu and a lot of possibilities to check or uncheck.
i've removed all the modules i don't need and then try to compile the kernel with the command:

$ make dep

but what exactly did i do now? cause according to the tutorial i would have now got a new image of the kernel which i can copy to the /boot directory and change grub so it will boot that kernel. but i can't find the new kernel, what's its name?

i've checked the date of last changes in /etc/src/linux2.4.20-8/ and almost every file is changed to the time i performed the above operation, so that won't give me any clues either...

if you can tell me what i've done wrong, and perhaps know a goog tutorial about the kernel, and recompiling it, i would be very happy

make dep will only check you have all the dependencies on the kernel, will not make then image.
In order to do the image, do:
1.- make dep, if no failed dependencies, then,
2.- make bzImage (note capital i)
3.- make modules
4.- make modules_install
5.- make install, this will copy the image to the /boot directory and make entries in bootloader, if any).

I have never downloaded an rpm. If fact you're only downloading the kernel modules, not the driver.
Get this file, http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L...-5336-pkg1.run
Enter the consoles (ctrl+alt+F1) and login asa root
chmod a+x NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
init 3
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run (note ./ )
There follow the instructions
After that, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config file, and change nvidia (or whatever) to nv under "Section Device"
Once you have finnished, do: "init 5 &"
If you see a nvidia splash image before X loads, you have successfully installed the drivers.

Hope this helps

something went wrong with posting, somehow i don't get to see the new posts... so i thought this post wasn't here, but when i submitted the post below, it became visible....
strange....

so sorry for this post

well, i've tried this:

$make menuconfig
changed NOTHING and saved file
$make dep
$make bzImage
$ make module
and here it goes wrong:
these are the last five lines of the output of the above command...

and about the same output with the next command
$ make modules_install

after i ignore the errors and goto
$make install
everything seems to work fine, but when i reboot using the custom kernel i get a kernel panic that there is no init, or something like that..

what did i do wrong????


as for the driver, thanks a lot, i'll give it a try right away when i'm back home again

You're getting something wrong with ATM (although i'm not a kernel guru), did "make dep" report any errors?? Make sure you don't have any missed dependencies.

If the problem persists, and you are COMPLETELY sure (well, you can try, the worst thing may happen is that you won't boot linux) you don't need atm, just disable it.

Because you get this error, the image is not complete, and make install reports in an error before making the initrc file (that's why of the kernel panic).

Try also this out:
Enter the OLD kernel (the one that comes wit RH9), save the config to a file, then enter the NEW kernel, and load that same config you saved.
Run the 5 steps I told you before.
This way, shouldn't report ANY error, once you have the new kernel running, you can play removing unnecessary modules.

But anyways, nvidia drivers installer should work perfectly on the kernel that comes with RH9, so in fact, you don't need to recompile it. Just skip the kernel compilation part and go directly to the installation of the drivers.

Hope you're gonna make

Well, the driver problem is solved!!! thanks! It was a little different from what you said, but the readme file on nvidia told me exactly what to do, change XF86Config : nv must be changed to nvdia, and some modules must be removed and added, was pretty easy with the right driver

no more .rpm drivers for me!


as for the kernel: i've finally managed to get it to compile and everything worked fine, only at bootup i got about 5 or 6 'FAILED' messages and the xserver wasn't correctly configured since i had the driver installed on the old kernel, but it ran!

finally i compiled my own first kernel!

now i get the hang of it, i also installed and compiled 2.6.6 which now only gives an error that it cannot find init again, so this should be solved in a few moments and we'll see what kind of other weird things i bump into....

but that's only for fun, my own kernel needs a little adjusting, i saved the .config file and will make it run like it should!


thanks for the replies, you've really been a great help!!!

You're welcomed! I'm glad to know I helped you