How i installed the NVidia drivers on the MDK 8.1

[phazeman]

Hi All
I finally installed the drivers for the NVidia GeForce 2 i have, and this time, the HOWTO is very good !! check it out : http://maxpro.org

[bwkaz]

Howto:

1) Download .tar.gz's.

2) Untar the kernel one, go into the directory, do a make.

3) Untar the GLX one, go into the directory, do a make.

4) Edit XF86Config-4, add a Load "glx", and change Driver "nv" to Driver "nvidia"

Not that hard, I don't think. :confused: :confused:

[-TriGGer-]

The 2 .gz patch files on that site, when I follow the instructions, gunzip says theyre incorrect file type ?

Any ideas ?

[nathaniel]

bwkaz's how-to version .02 [update]

1) Download .tar.gz's.

2) Untar the kernel one, go into the directory, do a "make SYSINCLUDE=/dir to kernel src/include/"

!= This needs to be done to ensure that u have the correct compiled drivers for the kernel version u may need to get he kernel package off of the cdrom or ftp site. do a "uname -r" to find out what version u have =!
* if u still get unresolved symbols, then go inside the kernel src and do

#makemenu // exit and save config
# make dep

get back into the NV dir and do

make clean ; then
make SYSINCLUDE=/dir to kernel src/include

//should work after that::

3) Untar the GLX one, go into the directory, do a make.

4) Edit XF86Config-4, add a Load "glx", and change Driver "nv" to Driver "nvidia" "as well as a line below for

Option "NVagp" "2"

// This will try and load the nvidia agp first if it fails then it will use the fx86 agp. "

Hopefully this will lighten the load on the #nvidia channel on irc.linux.com

NB

[nathaniel]

Originally posted by -TriGGer-:
<STRONG>The 2 .gz patch files on that site, when I follow the instructions, gunzip says theyre incorrect file type ?

Any ideas ?</STRONG>


do a

tar -zxf &lt;package&gt;.tar.gz
//This will extract the qzip part and the tar part in one simple step.

NB

[bwkaz]

That's definitely interesting, nathaniel -- I've never had to change the SYSINCLUDE definition, it never gets unresolved symbols.

Hmmm..... interesting. In the Makefile, it just checks for the existence of /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build, and if it exists, then it uses &lt;that dir&gt;/include, otherwise it uses /usr/src/linux.

Either way should work, because /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build is a symlink to /usr/src. Do you know why the Makefile's method didn't work for you?

[nathaniel]

I know that the rpm, tar.gz packages never were compiled correctly. they were always compiled for the most uptodate kernel at the time. I always used the most stable release. and if u just install the kernel src that may do nothing to help the unresolved sysmbols in the NV driver. the makemenu, make dep fixed the sysmbols.

I'd Figure I should cover all the bases.

NB

[bwkaz]

Oh, I got ya. OK, good idea.