Kylotan,
At the command prompt, su into root. At the root prompt, type:
urpmi kernel-source
You should then be asked to insert CD3. Insert CD3, then wait while the kernel source is copied over to the hard drive. After that's done and you've already downloaded the driver .run from
Nvidia , cd to the directory where you downloaded it to and type
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
If you're using a different driver version for some reason, just substitute that name in. Make sure you're doing this in root, too. If it asks you about checking online for a precompiled kernel interface (or something like that), choose no, then tell it to compile it. Since you just installed the kernel source, your computer should now be able to compile the interface itself. When it's done, it should say everything done successfully, blah blah blah. Now that the driver is compiled, type:
emacs /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
You may have to leave off the "-4", but probably not. In there, look for a line with:
Driver "nv" or
Driver "vesa" and change it to
Driver "nvidia"
In the Module section, make sure you have (and that it is not commented out, meaning that it has a # to the left of it--there might be one to the right of it, but that's OK):
Load "glx"
You should also remove the following lines if they exist:
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
Next hit ctrl-x, ctrl-c, then y (for yes), and you should be done. Reboot the computer and you should be set to go with your new drivers. You should see a quick white screen with the nvidia logo in the middle during X11 initalization if the driver is functioning properly, I believe.
Anybody else feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I'm still learning a lot of this myself. Nvidia's full driver installation instructions are
here. If this doesn't help, Kylotan, I'm afraid I can't be of any more help.
Arb