Link182
2005-03-06, 05:24 PM CST
Hi i'm new in linux and i'm trying to install the nvidia driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run) but i have this problems:
It says in the nvidia page that i need kernel modutils (2.1.121 or later) to install the driver, where can i get it? (i have yum, no app-get)
Also it says that for TNT cards (i have TNT RIVA2) i should search for the "os-registry.c" file from the kernel module sources and edit it. Where can i find the module sources?
I have a /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9 directory so i supose i have the sources for the kernel, but can't find that file.
Well, it says to change, in that file, the NVreg_VideoMemoryTypeOverride variable between SGRAM or SDRAM according to the type of video memory my card has, is this necesary?, i've never seen any tutorial on installing the driver that says this, has somebody done it?, does it work?
When i do: yum install nvidia-glx kernel-module-nvidia-`(uname -r)`
I get the error:
Error: missing dep: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.724_FC3 for pkg kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-1.724_FC3
Some posts I've read says that maybe i have the wrong kernel version
Well acording to "uname -r" i have 2.6.9-1.667.
Is it ok?, do i need a newer kernel? if so, what version? Where do i ge it?
At the custom nVidia driver installation (http://www.fedorafaq.org/custom_nvidia.html) page says to install version 6106 of the Nvidia driver, is that ok?, in some other pages says to install 6111 :confused:
So thats it, if somebody has answers to any of this problems, please tell me
Thaks for the help :D
It says in the nvidia page that i need kernel modutils (2.1.121 or later) to install the driver, where can i get it? (i have yum, no app-get)
Also it says that for TNT cards (i have TNT RIVA2) i should search for the "os-registry.c" file from the kernel module sources and edit it. Where can i find the module sources?
I have a /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9/linux-2.6.9 directory so i supose i have the sources for the kernel, but can't find that file.
Well, it says to change, in that file, the NVreg_VideoMemoryTypeOverride variable between SGRAM or SDRAM according to the type of video memory my card has, is this necesary?, i've never seen any tutorial on installing the driver that says this, has somebody done it?, does it work?
When i do: yum install nvidia-glx kernel-module-nvidia-`(uname -r)`
I get the error:
Error: missing dep: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.724_FC3 for pkg kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-1.724_FC3
Some posts I've read says that maybe i have the wrong kernel version
Well acording to "uname -r" i have 2.6.9-1.667.
Is it ok?, do i need a newer kernel? if so, what version? Where do i ge it?
At the custom nVidia driver installation (http://www.fedorafaq.org/custom_nvidia.html) page says to install version 6106 of the Nvidia driver, is that ok?, in some other pages says to install 6111 :confused:
So thats it, if somebody has answers to any of this problems, please tell me
Thaks for the help :D