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Old 03-29-2007, 02:06 PM   #1
Lorenkia
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Smile Drivers for XPS M1710 laptop - Nvidia Geforce GTX 7900 GO


could anyone please point me to the drivers for this machine and video card in particular please?

I am fairly new to linux, not a total stranger but as everything changes with each distro I am a bit lost.

I need to find the driver for the Nvidia Geforce GTX 7900 Go w/512 mb in an XPS M1710
I also would really appreciate a step by step on installing it properly
right now the default Fc6 video driver works ok until I ask it to do something with open GL

I am also looking for a way to play my MP3 music files
I am not super familiar with installing from source code etc so any step by steps or pointers to detailed instructions would be hugely appreciated
thank you in advance!
Loren
 
Old 03-30-2007, 11:23 PM   #2
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Hi Loren

I did a google search for you at www.google.com/linux and found this site:
http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc6-tips.php
This whould help you get MP3 playback happening, at least.
As for the NVIDIA drivers, I remember seeing a site address around one of these threads somewhere, but cannot remember where. It was one of those sites that showed you how to do (almost) everything......sorry.......
 
Old 03-30-2007, 11:25 PM   #3
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Actually, no, sorry, scratch that, I may have found something.

Its a guide for FC5, but should not be (hopefully) that much different to FC6.
Try it and see:
http://easylinux.info/wiki/Fedora_fc...r_.28NVIDIA.29
 
Old 03-31-2007, 11:36 AM   #4
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Thank you!

Thanks DJ =)
I will print these out, I am sure they will be a huge help!
Loren
 
  


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