am trying to make some changes to the xf86 config file to load my nividia driver on red hat 9.

okay-did this-

opened kedit

went to /etc/x11/xf86config

i was able to edit the file like i wanted, and suggested by nvidia, now the BIG problem, not able to save it. quess it,s probably permission/

those here will say i have to log in as root, how do you do this using kedit?????????????????????????????

I suggest using an xterm or console terminal then su - root then edit the file you need. or you could log on (i think you are using the graphical X environment) as root then you do not have to do any "su -ing" and just edit and save you file.

i figured it out, to enable kedit-

open terminal

this command-

su -c "kedit /etc/x11/xf86config"

enter password

got the kedit text editor with root permission, then went to /etc/x11 and found xf86config

enter.

i got into the xf86 config file , was able to edit, it, saved. bad news, the driver still doesn,t work. at least i am able to change the file now, and can do some further testing. later and thanks

More than likely you are going to have to recompile the kernel with your video card driver files in the correct locations. Right off the top of my head I can't remember where...but look on LDP (linux doc project) for a how-to on compiling the kernel they are pretty good. If you have a binary of the driver you can do a modprobe <driver>, then do a lsmod to see if is there. check man pages for exact modprobe for syntax.

well, i opened kedit again, and i found that i had 2 drivers, just realized that i downloaded the nvidia driver twice, so i editied both of em. then i rebooted, and bingo-- i saw the nvidia spash screen, and i knew success was at hand. i went to preferences , opened screensavers, click on the euphoria screensaver, and did it work great. my hard work paid off, and with the help of those here at linux questions, i did it.

i read where this is an easy install, may be for someone that has some experince using linux, but for a newbee, forget it.

see -ya l

well, i opened kedit again, and i found that i had 2 drivers, just realized that i downloaded the nvidia driver twice, so i editied both of em. then i rebooted, and bingo-- i saw the nvidia spash screen, and i knew success was at hand. i went to preferences , opened screensavers, click on the euphoria screensaver, and did it work great. my hard work paid off, and with the help of those here at linux questions, i did it.

i read where this is an easy install, may be for someone that has some experince using linux, but for a newbee, forget it.

see -ya l

Good job glad to hear you are up and going.