Stop Microsoft

Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: smokey on 9 November 2002, 17:55

Title: NVidia driver problems
Post by: smokey on 9 November 2002, 17:55

At the moment I am using Mandrake 8.0 and have followed the walkthrough to install the NVidia drivers on Mandrake however I always get the error "Failed to initalize the NVdriver kernel module!". Both of the compiles worked properly and I correctly updated the XF86Config-4 file so what gives?

My setup is:
Duron 800mhz
GeForce Ti200
512mb Ram
SB Live! value
..
.

I am running 2.4.3 kernel and I compiled the drivers with this kernel.
I am also running XFree86 4.0.3 which is required.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

Title: NVidia driver problems
Post by: voidmain on 10 November 2002, 02:59

If you are running a stock Mandrake 8.0 kernel you might want to try and install the binary Mandrake RPM. Not sure what class the Duron falls in (I think it's 586). You can download the NVchooser (http://ftp://download1.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-3123/NVchooser.sh) to tell you which one you need.

NVidia downloads (http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_1.0-3123).

[ November 09, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

Title: NVidia driver problems
Post by: voidmain on 16 November 2002, 07:24

ignore this message