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Old 10-25-2006, 06:23 AM   #1
User01
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Unhappy How do I install drivers?


I followed the guide at here shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/nvidia5.html
and it says to do this:

rpm2tgz filename.rpm
installpkg filename.tgz
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
sh make.sh
cd ..
sh make_install.sh

After I finish doing all of this it tells me this in the console:

You must change your working directory to /lib/modules/fglrx and then call ./make_install.sh in order to install the built module.

What do I do next? I'm guessing there is more to do, but I don't know what to do. I also need to install Nvidia drivers for the onboard Ethernet Adapter. I'm running ABIT NF-7 board with Athlon XP 2500+ 512MB Dual Channel and ATI Raedon 9600XT on Slackware 10.2 and using KDE. I also need help installing Nvidia onboard LAN drivers. The board uses Nforce2 chipset. Don't know how to install drivers for my motherboard so I can't get my internet to work.
 
Old 10-25-2006, 06:39 AM   #2
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Quote:
Originally Posted by User01
I followed the guide at here shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/nvidia5.html
and it says to do this:

rpm2tgz filename.rpm
installpkg filename.tgz
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
sh make.sh
cd ..
sh make_install.sh

After I finish doing all of this it tells me this in the console:

You must change your working directory to /lib/modules/fglrx and then call ./make_install.sh in order to install the built module.

What do I do next?
translation:
cd /lib/modules/fglrx
./make_install.sh
Quote:
I'm guessing there is more to do, but I don't know what to do. I also need to install Nvidia drivers for the onboard Ethernet Adapter. I'm running ABIT NF-7 board with Athlon XP 2500+ 512MB Dual Channel and ATI Raedon 9600XT on Slackware 10.2 and using KDE. I also need help installing Nvidia onboard LAN drivers. The board uses Nforce2 chipset. Don't know how to install drivers for my motherboard so I can't get my internet to work.
I have a motherboard from the same series and for me it worked out of the box - but then again, I use a different distro. I suggest you visit the nvidia website and look for the driverpage for ethernet. There should be a README with full installation instructions.
 
Old 10-25-2006, 07:44 AM   #3
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if you have this: "ATI Raedon 9600XT" you shouldn't be using this :

Quote:
rpm2tgz filename.rpm
installpkg filename.tgz
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
sh make.sh
cd ..
sh make_install.sh
If you goto ATI's site and download the latest drivers, it's a .run file.
you should be able to just

"./filename.run" doesn't matter if it's in X or command. It will generate the module specific for your distro.

Hope that helps.
 
Old 10-25-2006, 11:48 AM   #4
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Okay, I have managed to get the video drivers installed following the ATI instructions. I'm having a problem with the NVIDIA Ethernet drivers. It tells me this:

No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; this means that the installer will need to compile a new kernel interface.

Then it gives me this error:

Unable to load the kernel module 'nvnet.o'. This is most likely because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' commandline option.

And this:

Installation of the network driver has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-nforce-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page.

What do I do to fix it?

Last edited by User01; 10-25-2006 at 11:56 AM.
 
Old 10-25-2006, 02:54 PM   #5
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A few questions:
  • What kernel are you using? Post the results from
    Code:
    uname -a
    If it is the 2.6 kernel from the cd, did you install the modules from the same directory?
  • Have you recompiled your kernel?
  • Can you post the results of
    Code:
    lspci
    and
    Code:
    lsmod
You may come to the point where you will need to recompile your own kernel (The nForce drivers in the kernel work great, plus all the chipset options, etc, might require a 'custom' kernel compile.)

It's not as daunting a task as it sounds.

Eric's excellent guide on recompiling the kernel is recommend (by me at least).

Good luck, let us know...
 
Old 10-25-2006, 11:59 PM   #6
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It says I am using kernel 2.4.31.

lspci:

00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 ISA Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce2 SMBus (MCP) (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 USB Controller (rev a4)
00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio Processing Unit (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AC97 Audio Controler (MCP) (rev a1)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 External PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 IDE (rev a2)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): nVidia Corporation nForce2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) Controller (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:0b.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3112 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Raedon 9600]
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Raedon 9600] (secondary


lsmod:

Module............Size...Used by.....Tainted: P
snd-pcm-oss.......36736...0...(unused)
snd-mixer-oss.....12376...0...[snd-pcm-oss]
parport_pc........15044...1...(autoclean)
lp.................6404...0...(autoclean)
parport...........22824...1...(autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
keybdev............1892...0...(unused)
mousedev...........4020...1
hid...............20868...0...(unused)
usbmouse...........1880...0...(unused)
input..............3200...0...[keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse]
usb-ohci..........19368...0...(unused)
ehci-hcd..........17516...0...(unused)
usbcore...........59148...1...[hid usbmouse usb-ohci ehci-hcd]
nvsound.........1462656...0...(unused)
snd-intel8x0......18304...0
snd-ac97-codec....58556...0...[snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm...........54344...0...[snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec]
snd-timer.........13764...0...[snd-pcm]
snd...............32772...0...[snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer]
soundcore..........3396...4...[nvsound snd]
snd-page-alloc.....4712...0...[snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm sndtimer snd]
ohci1394..........23888...0...(unused)
ieee1394..........41636...0...[ohci1394]
pcmcia_core.......39172...0
ide-scsi...........9392...0
agpgart...........45508...0...(unused)

I don't know phbb or html code, so I used Fixedsys crappy formatting for easier reading.
 
  


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