jal, type in

tar -xzf NVIDIA_kernel......

then cd into that folder

then type

make install

do the same for the GLX

As I said have a look in the readme all the methods of installation are in there with step by step instructions.

yes there are, but id rather just post it for the person so they can get their card working. im sure they are quite frustrated. lol, i know i was.

I was too I found reading the readme really helped too

Hey guys, I have followed all intructions , but here is my new challenge.

I used the tar file install. After using make install, the output was a bunch of letters in caps and some errors like:

/pgtable.h:17:24 asm/fixmap.h: No such file or Directory

/usr/include/linux/autoconfig.h:1:2:#error Invalid Kernel header included in user space.

blah, blah, blah


asm/delay.h: No such file or Directory
asm/uaccess.h: " " same as above " "
asm/softirp.h: " " " " "

/pgalloc.h:6:24: asm/fixmap.h No such file or directory

make *** [nv.o] Error 1

How do I unmake this shit, so I can revert to my original settings for the last time?????

Please help, I'm lonely............

Just re-run Xconfigurator as root it should fix it all up to the original, hence, to revert you to the first post on this thread. Vicious circles, ya know? Unless you install the kernel source

I know... Thanks neo77777

I will stick to the default driver settings untill I hire a geek to install them.

Thanks everyone.

Running Xconfigurator did not work.. Its trying to load GLextensions or something. Please help

i have no idea why that didnt work for you, i have redhat 7.3 and a geforce 4 4400 card...stupid question but were you on as ROOT when you did thoes "make install" you *NEED* to be on as root. If you werent try it again, im sure they will do it. Also, you will need to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file as follows...

find
the relevant Device section and replace the line:

Driver "nv"
(or Driver "vesa")

with

Driver "nvidia"

In the Module section, make sure you have:

Load "glx"

You should also remove the following lines:

Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"

This is EXACTLY what i did and it works 110% perfectly. I also used this with a friend with redhat 7.3 and a geforce2 video card. Worked perfectly. I have a feeling you arent on as root, as i stated above, so try that.

EDIT: to edit the file type (as root)

vim /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

once in there, hit the A key to allow editing of the file, once you have made the changes, hit ESCAPE the type

:wq

(as in a COLON : and then wq) and hit enter.

This is as ish as my directions can get, i hope they help you out.

I had the same error with the fixmap.h its a kernel header file thats not there. You need to recompile the kernel. I actually went to kernel.org and downloaded a new kernel, 2.4.19 and installed that one with some help via irc . Thanks Redhead

You shouldn't need to recompile the kernel. The header file is part of the kernel source... but you need to have the same source files as the kernel you're running. If you're running with a default RH kernel, then look on your install CDs for the kernel source. If you've already recompiled your kernel (i.e. you have a newer one than that which came with your CDs), then you need to install the source files of that kernel.

For example, I'm running Mandy with Mandy's default kernel of 2.4.18-6mdk. I would need to install the source files for the 2.4.18-6mdk kernel. If, however, I had already upgraded to 2.4.19, then I would need to install the 2.4.19 source files.

The NVIDIA drivers probably didn't work out because there is no kernel source and kernel headers packages installed you can easily check this by doing
cd /usr/src
ls linux*
if nothing returned but the error: No such file or directory - that's the answer, kernel-source can be found on your installation CD's (I don't think there is kernel-headers package on the CD's, but kernel-source is definetaly there, also install kernel-utils). As for Xconfigurator didn't work out it is bad - before you tried to install NVIDIA drivers did you have a working GUI? Also did you make any changes to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4?
For future - alwasy keep a backup copy of the things you change, i.e.
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.original
so in a case of a disaster you can always put back the original file:
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.original /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

I had a working GUI and everything. I installed the rpms for Nvidia after running the NVchooser and it gave me the error in my first post. Then I unistalled the rpms and reconfigured my XF86Config-4 file and back to normal with my GUI. Then I downloaded the tar files and dead I am.

I might be stuck but I'm not dumb mavness.

I KNOW HOW TO CONFIGURE A STUPID FILE AS ROOT.

Anyways, just had to let it out, I ran Xconfigurator and its giving me some error as mentioned above. I'm going to reinstall the whole package in about an hour. RH7.3.........

Hehe Xconfigurator is run in X so it wont work with no video graphics!! You will have to run the non graphical version

FYI: Xconfigurator doesn't have to be ran in X, it is pure ncurses. This one is tough, in your /etc/modules.conf do you have a line
alias char-major-195 NVdriver
?