LinuxQuestions.org
Help answer threads with 0 replies.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General
User Name
Password
Linux - General This Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion.
If it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 04-07-2003, 05:09 AM   #1
FuLL-On-Newbie
Member
 
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: XP, Yoper 3.2.1
Posts: 70

Rep: Reputation: 15
installing Nvidia


well i found it and typed:

Code:
ls -a System/nVidiaXFree86Drivers
[B]Then it showed the list of tar.gz files that were in the directory and they were:[B]

Code:
NVIDIA GIX-1.0-4191.tar.gz : NVIDIA-KERNEL-1.0-4191-unified.tar.gz : NVIDIA_kernal-1.0-4191.tar.gz
I picked the one that has the file "unified" and a ERROR popped up saying:

Code:
tar (child): NVIDIS_kernal-1.0-4191-unified.tar.gz: cannot open: No such file or directory

tar (child) error is not recoverble ecxiting now.
Please help me fix this error i want to extract it on my desktop
 
Old 04-07-2003, 05:26 AM   #2
NGraphiX
Member
 
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 154

Rep: Reputation: 30
NVIDIS_kernal-1.0-4191-unified.tar.gz: cannot open: No such file or directory

not NVIDIA? :-)
 
Old 04-07-2003, 12:28 PM   #3
nakkaya
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Turkey&USA
Distribution: Emacs and linux is its device driver(Slackware,redhat)
Posts: 1,398

Rep: Reputation: 45
did you try version 4349? they released a new driver
 
Old 04-08-2003, 01:31 AM   #4
FuLL-On-Newbie
Member
 
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: XP, Yoper 3.2.1
Posts: 70

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
Yes i tried all of them any clues about what this is?
 
Old 04-08-2003, 01:49 AM   #5
Quis
Member
 
Registered: May 2001
Location: Germany, Süd-Baden
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 139

Rep: Reputation: 15
why don't you try the NVIDIA***.src.rpms?
 
Old 04-08-2003, 02:25 AM   #6
FuLL-On-Newbie
Member
 
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: XP, Yoper 3.2.1
Posts: 70

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
I done it finally but it keeps saying cannot open file or directory whats wrong?
 
Old 04-08-2003, 02:31 AM   #7
Quis
Member
 
Registered: May 2001
Location: Germany, Süd-Baden
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 139

Rep: Reputation: 15
you have the same problem with the rpms like the gezipped tarballs?
are you in the right folder?
 
Old 04-08-2003, 02:34 AM   #8
FuLL-On-Newbie
Member
 
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: XP, Yoper 3.2.1
Posts: 70

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
whats this "gezipped tarballs"? im pretty sure im in the write file i tried it over 20 times.
 
Old 04-08-2003, 03:24 AM   #9
Quis
Member
 
Registered: May 2001
Location: Germany, Süd-Baden
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 139

Rep: Reputation: 15
NVIDIS_kernal-1.0-4191-unified.tar.gz is a gezipped tarball.

you should better try the .src.rpms like this:
-goto the folder including your NVIDIA_kernel-***.src.rpm and the
NVIDIA_GLX-***.src.rpm
-in a root-shell write: rpmbuild --rebuild <SRPM>, were <SRPM> is
your NVIDIA_kernel-**-.src.rpm and the NVIDIA_GLX-**-.src.rpm
-after this locate NVIDIA_kernel-**.i386.rpm
install your .i386.rpm's (located in the step below) with rpm -i <NVIDIA_*.i386.rpm> (were <NVIDIA_*.i386.rpm> is first the kernel and then the GLX rpm.
 
Old 04-08-2003, 03:27 AM   #10
FuLL-On-Newbie
Member
 
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: XP, Yoper 3.2.1
Posts: 70

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
This will require alot of thinking of understanding that you know hmmm but thatnks anyways. Is there a better way of explaining it?
 
Old 04-08-2003, 04:53 AM   #11
neenee
Member
 
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: debian (sid)
Posts: 693

Rep: Reputation: 30
consider trying the new nvidia drivers; 4193 instead of 4191.
4193 is presented by nvidia in a nice installer; it should allow
installation without much user intervention. just click 'ok' a few
times and you're set. after installation, edit your XF86Config(-4)
file (in /etc/X11) and replace 'nv' with 'nvidia'. and comment 'dri'
and uncomment 'glx'. (i hope that made sense).
 
Old 04-08-2003, 06:38 PM   #12
FuLL-On-Newbie
Member
 
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: XP, Yoper 3.2.1
Posts: 70

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 15
So what do we type instead inside the shell?
because i used everyone and didnt work
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
help editing xf86config for nvidia geforce mx440 after installing nvidia driver linguist Linux - Newbie 11 06-13-2006 06:31 AM
Installing nvidia drivers from nvidia website on mepis 3.3 xbennyboy Linux - Hardware 4 04-23-2005 09:19 AM
The runlevel for installing Nvidia fazaman Debian 3 02-27-2005 09:36 PM
installing nvidia drivers.... slivuh Linux - Newbie 2 02-25-2004 08:51 PM
installing Nvidia drivers AlexNo1 Linux - Newbie 2 09-28-2003 12:51 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:02 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration