Ok i new to mandrivia, so was needing a little help. I downloaded the drivers for my Gforce 6200, AMD 64 version. It said type sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9746-pkg2.run to install the driver.
i tried this but nothing happens, can some one give me some step by step info on what to do?? Thanks

Try running:

You have to make the file executable before you can run it which is what the chmod command does.

humm, do i need to open up the konsole?? i tried running it on the run command, but nothing happend.

Yes, you need to open a console to install the nvidia driver in general and to run the commands I gave you in particular. You also need to kill X before attempting to install it. If you are not familiar with using the command line, this may be a little out of your reach but here is a howto so you can see what's involved and judge for yourself:

http://mandrivausers.org/index.php?s...5572&hl=nvidia

do i need to install CVS on my computer before i do any of this? or is there any other program i need?? sorry im a newb at all of this.

step by step.
1.chmod the file
2.logout
3. menu > console login
4. login
5. cd /path/to/file
6. sh filename
7. follow the instruction
no cvs or anything

the only prob im haveing is logging onto root. i type root as user name on loging screen, then my password. when i hit enter it says "root login not allowd." how can that be??? it worked when i tried it on mandrake. is there a different was i need to do it?

login as yourself, then type su

ok i started installing it then i said i need to kill the x server, but seems im having probs doing that, phew if this was windows, i would have seen the bluescreen of death no telling how many times. im glad u guys have stuck with me this far! just one last thing is how to kill X. Thanks

There are several ways to kill ( or not starting ) the X server.

1. Boot without starting X by using run-level 3

Start your PC
When you see the LILO boot menu appear hit the TAB key. ( Assumming you used LILO rather GRUB boot loader )
Now you have a boot loader prompt, type
linux 3
followed by the return key
This should tell Linux to boot into run-level 3 which is single user mode without X
Login at the prompt and continue the install

to reboot, you can use the command
shutdown -r now


2. To kill X graphical session eg. kill KDE or GNOME etc and the X server without reboot

Press these 3 keys at the same time. <CTRL><ALT><F1>
This switches the displpay to a non-graphical login prompt. Note X server is still runing on display <CTRL><ALT><F7>
Now change to run-level 3 by doing this command as root
init 3
This should of killed the X server. Pressing <CTRL><ALT><F7> should now give a blank screen. Press <CTRL><ALT><F1> to get back to the non-graphical prompt.
Now install the Nvidia drivers.
The graphical multi-user enviroment can be started by going to run-level 5 eg.
init 5
however this may not be successful, alternatively use
startx
However, you may be better of rebooting to give a clean start
shutdown -r now


To clarify the install...
sh allows you to interpret files as Bourne scripts, executable bit don't care
Login as you and su to get root access, assuming your NVIDIA package is in your home directory
sh NVIDIA-Linux-xsh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9746-pkg2.run ( if chmod +x ... not needed )
or ./NVIDIA-Linux-xsh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9746-pkg2.run ( did chmod +x ... first to make it runnable)

everything so far seems to work, now i get to a point on the installation, and it says "No precompiled kernel was found to match your kernel." any one know how to fix this??

make sure you install kernel-source so it can compile one for you

In my experience, it is normal that a precompiled kernel module for the running kernel is not found !!

The NVIDIA script can build a kernel module for your system but it needs to have access to the source code of your running kernel. The script should ask you "do you wish to build one for you ?" ( or something like that ), say yes.

Check that you have installed the rpm containing the kernel source for your Linux kernel. Do the following command:

rpm -aq | grep -i kernel-source

the command should list all the kernel-source rpm packages that have been installed

Now check these sources are for the kernel that you are running by doing the command

uname -r

So, compare the kernel version number you are running with the version of the kernel-sources that you installed to make sure they are for the same kernel version.

If you have not installed the kernel-source rpm then you will need to download the rpm or it maybe on your Linux CDs.