Here is the basics for that driver:
Install nano. It is a easy to use command line editor, very easy. It comes with Gentoo but you can get it for Mandrake to. You can get it here
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...lease_id=70369 . Just get the one called i386.rpm. That should work. When you save it, just click on it and it will install.
Practice a bit using it. Open a console and type in this:
Code:
nano -w /home/<your user name>/Desktop/test
It will create a new file named test and you can play around with it. The commands are at the bottom. When you exit, hit "y" to save then hit return for it to save to the same name as the old, replace original. It is much easier than vi, trust me.
download the driver. It's not a rpm, should end in .run like this: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
make a note where you put the driver. Doesn't matter where just so long as you know where it is. If you save it to Desktop it should be something like this: /home/<your user name>/Desktop. Replace <your user name> with what you login as. Mine would be /home/dale/Desktop for example.
Be warned, save any data before you do this. Now when you are ready, open a console and make sure you are root, type in init 3. The GUI will dissappear and you will see a blinking curser in the upper left of the screen. That is good. Now hit ctrl alt F1. You should see a login prompt. Type in root and then your root password.
Remember where you put the driver? Good, type in cd /path/to/driver . If it is on the desktop then this should work: cd /home/<your user name>/Destop . After that type ls, short for list and a lower case L, to see a list of files there. If the file is there type in this: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run . It will install the driver for you. If there are any errors, write down the part that has (EE) in front of it. If you had a error just type in init 5 and the GUI will come back up like it was before, no changes, old driver.
If there are no errors then do this:
type nano -w /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
The file should come up. Hit Page down until you see a line that says something like this, close to bottom:
Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "** NVIDIA (generic) [nv]"
Driver "nv"
VideoRam 131072
Option "DPMS"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
Use the arrow keys to get to the part that says Driver "nv" and change to "nvidia". Then ctrl x to exit, y to save and hit enter to replace original. You are now ready to go.
Type in init 5. You should see a white screen with nvidia in the middle. The GUI will come back and you are ready. No reboot needed.
If you get a error when you type in init 5, no problem. Type in init 3 at the text prompt. May need to hit ctrl alt F1 but you shouldn't. Then change the XF86Config-4 file back to the old driver, Driver "nv". Then save and type in init 5.
The only error I ever see is when the kernel sources are not installed. If yours is not, they are on CD #3. Type in a console, uname -r then search for the version it says you are running.
I have another how to that I wrote a while back. People pm me from time to time with thank you's. It is rare that there are any problems.
If you learned windoze, you can learn Linux. I'm sure you didn't learn windoze overnite either. Give it time.
If you need more info, let me know.
Proofed three times, hope all is well. Bad typer. I tried to be extra carefull on commands.
