[SOLVED] Nvidia Drivers in ARCH linux?

[RobinVossen]

Hello all,

I use Arch linux nowerdays I love it but I had this small problem under my box.

I installed arch, installed ndiswrapper and then I installed xorg and Openbox.

But I still need to install the nvidia drivers.

So i do: pacman -S nvidia like the Guide says.

And I get:
Error: ndiswrapper needs < kernel 2.5.25 (or something simulair (I can't copy it from my Screen since I am in Windows Now).


Does anyone have the slighest clue how to install the DriverS?
Thanks

Robin

[techieMoe]

Are you specifically trying to install them using pacman? I'm pretty sure this method works just fine in ARCH.

[RobinVossen]

No I tried it the pacman way.

pacman -S nvidia
Since that should just work right??

[techieMoe]

No I tried it the pacman way.

pacman -S nvidia
Since that should just work right??

I don't have the foggiest idea. The point I'm trying to make is that if you can't figure out the pacman way, the manual way is still viable.

[oz]

During the almost 4 years I've been running Arch, I've never installed ndiswrapper so I don't know anything about that, but installing nvidia drivers has always worked with:

pacman -S nvidia

So the command you used appears to be correct.

[RobinVossen]

well it doesnt work for me

I am wondering. Since when I try to do a System Update pacman -Su I also get a Error.
I think I have a Kernel Problem of some kind. I did use the Pre-Made Kernel to save sometime..

Does that help in answering the question?

Cheers,
Robin

[oz]

You might want to try installing the latest kernel before installing the nvidia drivers, if you haven't done so already.

Edit: Never mind, I see that ndiswrapper wants an older kernel. I've never used ndiswrapper on any distro so don't know why it might want to use old kernels.

[oz]

It appears that you might have installed the wrong version of ndiswrapper according to the current page for that package:

Pkg: ndiswrapper - Arch Linux Package Details

It says there:

# kernel26<2.6.28
# kernel26>=2.6.27

[oz]

If needed, you can install the latest kernel and ndiswrapper locally if you will download the latest versions along with any needed dependencies and then install them with:

pacman -U /path/to/package

[RobinVossen]

Thanks that did lead to a Fix.

What I did to fix:

First I uninstalled ndiswrapper [While it was still running, since I did Need it for inet]
Then I reinstalled ndiswrapper
I rebooted done.


When I did a upgrade to ndiswrapper I got a bunch of Errors.

I hope this helps other people aswell.


Thanks guys =)