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crinosil
Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 2
Re: Official NVIDIA Linux installer feedback thread
I'm having a problem installing the latest driver on Mandrake 10.0 Official. I upgraded to the latest kernel from mandrake 2.6.3-13mdksmp. I downloaded the Kernel source RPM from Mandrake and installed it. It created a directory called : linux-2.6.3-13mdk and a symbolic link called linux in the /usr/src directory.
When I boot into 2.6.3-13mdk (no SMP) and run your nvidia installer it successfully complies the new Nvidia driver and after I make the changes to XF86Config-4, I can type startx and I get the white Nvidia splash screen that tells me that the new driver loaded fine.
Then I boot into 2.6.3-13mdksmp and try this all over again (both uninstall/reinstall and kernal-mode -only) and when it gets to the point when it trys to complie the new nvidia driver I get an error about "Not able to determine Nvidfa module name" or something like that.
uname -r when I try to do this is 2.6.3-13mdksmp.
Can anyone suggest something to try? I thought that it was because I didn''t have a SMP version of the Linux Kernel source code. But accourding to people on Mandrake forum there is only one version of the Kernel source and I already have it installed. It installed in a directory called : linux-2.6.3-13mdk and created a symbolic link called linux in the /usr/src directory.
Like I said it all seems to work with Non-SMP version of same kernel version.
06-05-2004, 12:40 PM
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silverIce
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1
Re: Official NVIDIA Linux installer feedback thread
Just do what Olda said, but switch to your kernel. ie instead of
rpm -ivh ......./kernel-2.6-6...i586.rpm you have to use the amd64 version. Mine was at:
rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS3/amd64/kernel-source-2.6.3-9mdk.amd64.rpm
Then modify your xf86config file. THEN do:
$ modprobe nvidia
$ startx
I have mandrake 10.0 RC1 for AMD64 and this has worked for me. You also may need to add
Option "NvAgp" "1" to your xf86config file if you have stability problems.
Last edited by Black_iCE_mdk; 06-09-2004 at 04:58 PM.
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