newbie driver help needed: AMD64/nforce3_150/fx5700
Hello everyone,
I just got my AMD64 PC with motherboard and graphics card that utilizes nforce3 150 and FX5700 chips respectively. This is my first time installing and using Linux, currently RedHat 8.0 Linux sits in my hdb1,2,3 drives (2nd HDD); and default kernel version is 2.4.18-14. I have the following questions/problems and hope you can help me: 1) Do I need to download and install latest Nvidia nforce3 driver software? I don't think I get sound working without installing the driver, but I'm still stuck at this stage and need your help on how to do this correctly. 2) Do I need to download and install latest Nvidia 5332 graphics driver software? Do I need to install the nforce3 driver before installing the 5332 (i.e. AGPGART support)? I have no idea what AGPGART is, and not sure why there isn't any single driver program that deals with all these issues at once? I've spent more than 2 weeks, and still can't make any progress (i.e. how to fully utilize my Nvidia hardware in Linux environment). Please HELP ME!!! Thanks, Linuxlinus :newbie: P.S.: If you can tell me which linux distro (i.e. free one) to use without kernel upgrade headache, I don't mind to re-install Linux on my 2nd HDD from scratch! |
Just download the file from nvidia's web site and run it. It shouldn't matter which driver you install first. You will have to change the XF86Config file. It should say driver "nv" in it somewhere and you need to change it to driver "nvidia" and make sure the glx module is being loaded in the module section at the begining of the conguration file. Otherwise you won't get the 3D acceleration support.
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