Nvidia system drivers

[porcia_catones]

Hi all,
I'm new to linux and I can't seem to get the Nividia system drivers to install, I've tryed everything on the Nvidia web site but the file will still not unpack and install. the file is, /home/kirsty/NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0306-pkg1.run

How do I get it to install HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPppppppppppppppp

[bob]

Have you checked this site out?
http://www.fedorafaq.org/

[porcia_catones]

Yes tried that still no joy. what i need mostly are the drivers for the video card as I've got wrap round on the generic nvidia driver

[iamroot]

Can you elaborate on the problem you have? Post the error msgs here.

[porcia_catones]

I don't get a error message, nothing apperas to happen. the instrutions say to type "sh NFORCE-Linux-x86-1.0-0306-pkg1.run" but when I do I get nothing.

[porcia_catones]

someone just emailed me these instrutions
open a terminal
su -
telinit 3 ( it gets as far as here and then just hangs )
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-0306-pkg1.run
cp -a /dev/nvidia* /ect/udev/device/
chown root: /ect/udev/devices/nvidia*

BTW it Fedora core 2.6.12-1381_fc3

[Ratty]

once you've type telinit3 wate about 10 seconds then hit return (for some reason it sometimes doesn't pop back to the command line.) If thet fails hit control alt f2 to get to the next virtual terminal. You can then install and forget about the other terminals.

Rat

[porcia_catones]

found a way round it, I used the safe mode login and ran the install from there, It worked so I've now got the system drivers running. now all I got to do is get the video driver to install, the driver from Nvidia's web site has checksum errors.

[DGF]

If you go the the route justol'bob suggests, outlined at fedorafaq (http://www.fedorafaq.org/), I can promise you that you should have a much eaiser, simpler, and less hair-tearing ordeal with the linux NVIDIA drivers. There's are several rather ugly side effects of trying to get the drivers directly from nvidia working in Fedora (perhaps other distros too). Livna provides packages made specifically for Fedora that provide the nvidia drivers, and are fairly easy to install. It's up to you... I've tried it both ways (and got it to work both ways) and when I did it the livna way, it worked so well and so quickly I was shocked.

Here, I'll post the instructions right here:
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Q: How do I enable 3D support for my nVidia graphics card in Fedora Core 4?
A: There are now nVidia driver RPMs provided by livna.org that are designed especially for Fedora. If you're using yum, and you're using my yum configuration, you should be able to install the drivers easily:

1. Open a Terminal.
2. Become root.
3. Type:

yum install nvidia-glx kernel-module-nvidia-$(uname -r)

That installs the nVidia driver for your current kernel.
---------------------------------------------------------------

Yum takes a small bit of setup before you do that. Just follow what you see here first:
---------------------------------------------------------------
Q: How do I install software for Fedora? (How to use yum or an RPM)
A: The easiest way to install software in Fedora is to use yum.
Configuring Yum

Here's how to configure your yum:

1. Open a Terminal.
2. Become root.
3. Run these commands to remove your yum.conf file and replace it with a fresh one (Updated 29 July 2005):

cd /etc
rm -f yum.conf
wget http://www.fedorafaq.org/samples/yum.conf
4. Now, install my yum configuration (Updated 25 July 2005), using this command:

rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum
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[porcia_catones]

If you go the the route justol'bob suggests, outlined at fedorafaq (http://www.fedorafaq.org/), I can promise you that you should have a much eaiser, simpler, and less hair-tearing ordeal with the linux NVIDIA drivers. There's are several rather ugly side effects of trying to get the drivers directly from nvidia working in Fedora (perhaps other distros too). Livna provides packages made specifically for Fedora that provide the nvidia drivers, and are fairly easy to install. It's up to you... I've tried it both ways (and got it to work both ways) and when I did it the livna way, it worked so well and so quickly I was shocked.

Here, I'll post the instructions right here:
---------------------------------------------------------------
Q: How do I enable 3D support for my nVidia graphics card in Fedora Core 4?
A: There are now nVidia driver RPMs provided by livna.org that are designed especially for Fedora. If you're using yum, and you're using my yum configuration, you should be able to install the drivers easily:

1. Open a Terminal.
2. Become root.
3. Type:

yum install nvidia-glx kernel-module-nvidia-$(uname -r)

That installs the nVidia driver for your current kernel.
---------------------------------------------------------------

Yum takes a small bit of setup before you do that. Just follow what you see here first:
---------------------------------------------------------------
Q: How do I install software for Fedora? (How to use yum or an RPM)
A: The easiest way to install software in Fedora is to use yum.
Configuring Yum

Here's how to configure your yum:

1. Open a Terminal.
2. Become root.
3. Run these commands to remove your yum.conf file and replace it with a fresh one (Updated 29 July 2005):

cd /etc
rm -f yum.conf
wget http://www.fedorafaq.org/samples/yum.conf
4. Now, install my yum configuration (Updated 25 July 2005), using this command:

rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum
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wow that was painless, Drivers now installed Thanks evey body for your help