NVIDIA on inspiron 2650

JROCK1980 · 09-14-2003, 01:46 AM

Hi I have a laptop that is running the Nvidia GeForce 2 GO. I am running the inspiron 2650. What file should I get and can someon give me some step by step instructions. Sorry it this upsets anyone.

djbanaan · 09-14-2003, 08:24 AM

I guess you could just use this file from the nvidia website. I thinks this one works for pretty much all nVidia cards. You'll have to logout of X and run the file with "sh <filename>" than follow the instructions on screen and modify your modules.conf and CF86Config files accordingly.

JROCK1980 · 09-24-2003, 02:42 AM

that is cool but that is for Red Hat. I am using slackware.

LSD · 09-24-2003, 07:12 AM

It should work equally well in Slackware as it's just a binary file with a shell script wrapped around it. Just download the file and use sh to run it. Apart from having to change the driver from nv to nvidia in your XF86Config file that should be all there is to it.

djbanaan · 09-24-2003, 09:45 AM

Yes, this will work. The only thing to keep in mind is that you have to have your kernel sources installed for this to work.
This is exactly why I like nVidia so much, one driver for all cards that works on pretty much all systems.

LinFreak! · 09-24-2003, 05:54 PM

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"This is exactly why I like nVidia so much, one driver for all cards that works on pretty much all systems."

I agree, it's so much easier than it used to be