Okay, I'm obviously running Mandrake 10.

I have an NFORCE Motherboard (A7N8X-E Deluxe) and I downloaded the driver pack from the Nvidia web site. I am trying to use the Kernel TAR version of the drivers...
After extracting the files I do as the readme says and run the "make" command from the nforce directory... However, when I do that, I get the following result....

[root@ip68-3-151-105 nforce]# make
make -C nvnet
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/adam/Drivers/nforce/nvnet'
cc -c -Wall -DLINUX -DMODULE -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -D__KERNEL__ -O -Wstrict-prototypes -DCONFIG_PM -fno-strict-aliasing -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -falign-functions=4 -DMODULE -I/lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include nvnet.c
In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:20,
from /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6,
from /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
from nvnet.h:30,
from nvnet.c:21:
/lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/asm/irq.h:16:25: irq_vectors.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6,
from /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
from nvnet.h:30,
from nvnet.c:21:
/lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:70: error: `NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function)
In file included from /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/linux/irq.h:72,
from /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/asm/hardirq.h:6,
from /lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/linux/interrupt.h:11,
from nvnet.h:30,
from nvnet.c:21:
/lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/asm/hw_irq.h:28: error: `NR_IRQ_VECTORS' undeclared here (not in a function)
/lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/build/include/asm/hw_irq.h:31: error: `NR_IRQS' undeclared here (not in a function)
nvnet.c: In function `nvnet_open':
nvnet.c:735: warning: passing arg 2 of `request_irq' from incompatible pointer type
nvnet.c: In function `nvnet_remove':
nvnet.c:1248: error: structure has no member named `driver_data'
make[1]: *** [nvnet.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/adam/Drivers/nforce/nvnet'
make: *** [nvnet_make] Error 2

I decided to just try and continue with the installation and typed "make install" which gave me THIS result...

[root@ip68-3-151-105 nforce]# make install
make -C nvnet install
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/adam/Drivers/nforce/nvnet'
mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/kernel/drivers/net
install -b -m 644 -o root nvnet.o //lib/modules/2.6.3-4mdk/kernel/drivers/net
install: cannot stat `nvnet.o': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/adam/Drivers/nforce/nvnet'
make: *** [nvnet_install] Error 2

The drivers do not install correctly... any thoughts? Thanks.

which bits of the motherboard are you trying to install drivers for?

only, I have the nforce2 chipset on my mobo and mandrake 10 has all the drivers except the
graphics chip 3d drivers

Its an Nforce2. The ONLY reason I would be trying to install the drivers is because I don't think Linux is using the best drivers for my onboard audio. System sounds etc. are all okay but games and whatnot sound very low quality.

Its an issue with the 2.6.x kernel (as far as i can tell ). In linux/pci.h part of the pci_device structure is missing/changed ( sorry if im confusing anyone ), but the nforce drivers refer to the part that is missing, so it doenst compile. Either there needs to be a patch thrown together, or wait till nvidia throws out a new release fixing it.