running the installer aint the whole thing. You need to update your xorg.conf file after that an you also need to add a rule in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. Look on Linuxquestions.org for a good guide, there are here, i know.
some hints:
(X means the grafical user interface like KDE or GNOME)
- while you boot text modus and you want to startup X (kde / gnome) just typ:
$ startx (if your root at that moment, you will start a root X, be shure you are a normal user)
- While you are in X and you want to go to text modus (no X) just type
# init 3
be shure you're root
and type
# init 5
to go to X
sometimes when you download a file, the file has some restrictions and your not allowed to excecute the file. Change the restrictions like this:
$ or # chmod 755 NVIDIA*
the * indicates that everyfile beginning NVIDIA is being changed.
when you need to edit a text file in text modus you need to know how to use the text editor. A very good editor is Vi. You NEED TO KNOW how it works. so when you in text modus type:
$ vimtutor
this will start a tutorial for the vi editor.
when you want to open a file in vi just type:
$ vi /theaddress/to/the/file/you/want/to/open
or
$vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
BUT RUN vimtutor FIRST, ELSE YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO!
I usually edited my files in X, so i could use a 'normal' text editor. In X the console works the same:
$ programname /fileyou/want/it/to/open
or
$ kwrite /blablabla/foo/bar
your grafical driver settings are stored in xorg.conf and not in XF86Config. The XF86Config, you proberbly see all the time in help files, is an old type of config file. Xorg.conf is your (the new) type.
But after all, print out a good, or a few good guides and don't let yourself be driven mad. Too many already have done that.
Good Luck.
