Hello,

Can anyone please post a detailed description of how to go about effectively installing the IA32 NVIDIA driver on Redhat 9.

I am a very new user of Linux and would like to run Redhat 9 on my system, but I think it's having real problems recognizing my video card. If I try to change the resolution on my monitor, the screen goes haywire. I assume it's because of the video card.

There are detailed install instructions on the README associated with the NVIDIA driver, but they are overwhelming for such a new user. Any help would be appreciated.

Commands & steps for installing nvidia driver:
Make sure you have kernel sources installed
As root, run 'init 3'
Make sure you're root
Run the *.run file (nvidia-installer... .run) './nvidia... .run'
After it's finished installing, edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config using your favorite command-line editor (pico's pretty easy): 'pico /etc/X11/XF86Config' Look for a line like this 'Driver "nv" ' or 'Driver "vesa" ', and change the 'vesa' or 'nv' to 'nvidia'. Save, and run 'init 5' to finish. You should see the nvidia splash screen if it was installed properly.

First of all, thanks for the quick reply. I understood everything in your instructions EXCEPT for the following:

"Make sure you have kernel sources installed"

I'm not quite sure what that means (that shows you how new I am to this OS).

Can you please elaborate? Thanks.

The installation compiles driver specifically for the kernel you're running. It needs the kernel source code to do this. If you didn't download a new kernel, the source code should be on one of your cds, if it isn't installed already. Check by looking in the /usr/src/linux directory.

aaa - you've been a great help so far. I'm pretty sure I am ready to set this thing up - however, I updated the kernal by downloading it from Redhat - I looked in the directory you specified, but there is no kernel source code. Do you know how I can get it? Please advise. Thanks.

You need to either pull the kernel source off of your installation cd (probably the best thing to do) or goto ftp.kernel.org and download the correct kernel source.

Download it to /usr/src (either from the cd or ftp.kernel.org). Then issue the tar zxf command to unpack it.

Many thanks to both aaa and Risc91 - I am typing this on a screen with the resolution that I wanted - because I installed the NVIDIA driver successfully. Couldn't have done it without you guys.