Nvidia Drivers

[nooblinux5]

I can't get my Nvidia drivers to install. I am running an x86 system. I downloaded that driver from the nvidia site and tried to install it using the readme file as a guide. It said to go to where the makefile file was located and type "make install". I tried this, and this is the error that I got:

Makefile:17: *** missing separator. Stop.

I can't figure out what's going on. Any ideas?

[AlexK]

Firstly read this tutorial and follow its steps on getting the nvidia driver installed. But before you go about installing the nvidia driver, make sure that you have make, gcc and the kernel sources installed.

[nooblinux5]

It does the same thing while using the tutorial. I updated using apt-get my distro and all my packages. Nothing has worked.

[Cabhan]

/bump

I am helping someone who has this exact same problem. I can't seem to find a solution anywhere, and I can't register on the nVidia boards (to search there) because it keeps telling me that what I type in to compare to the picture is incorrect.

Has anyone found a solution for this problem?

[Hiko]

Aloha,
It took me quite a while but I finally got it to work on Fedora Core 4. Make sure you have Selinux off if you have that on your system. I have a to-do I did for myself around here somewhere....
On a Salmon (K8S-LA) in a COMPAQ Presario SR1320NX Desktop.
With no newer version of BIOS..
Using Fedora Core 4 as root.
with kernel 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4
Backed up inittab to inittab.original then using vim changed to boot to runlevel 3
Backed up grub.conf to grub.conf.original and modified the grub.conf to set "acpi=off" and "noapic"
>> Was told to turn these off on the Nvidia board which I am a member of.
Backed up xorg.conf to xorg.conf.origin
Rebooted.
Logged in as root and disabled selinux by doing "setenforce 0"
CD to the directory with the NVIDIA-Linux driver and ran it using the instructions in the readme by doing
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
It needed to compile a custom kernel module
"If one cannot be downloaded, either because of network connectivity or because one is not provided, the installer will check your system for the required kernel sources and compile the interface for you. If the installer must compile the kernel interface, you must install the kernel-sources package for your kernel."
Installed OK
CD /etc/X11
Edited xorg.conf
Removed the line:
Driver "nv"
and replaced it with the line:
Driver "nvidia"
Removed the following lines:
Load "dri"
In the "Module" section of the file, add the line (if it does not already exist, it did):
>>It was already there.
Load "glx"
Did "startx -- -verbose 5 -logverbose 5"
Worked.
Using vim changed inittab back to runlevel 5.
Rebooted and back in X
Edited grub.conf to take out apci=off and noapic and rebooted.
Xcomes up fine and everything seems good with Selinux on and it shows the splash screen.
Not sure this will help but it is what ot took for me to get it to work on my system.
Mahalo,
Edward

[Cabhan]

Heh, thanks. I actually know how to install the drivers, and I walked him through that.

He's having a particular issue with the Makefile error. That exact one, in fact. And a Google search isn't revealing anything .

So if anyone knows how to fix that particular error

Makefile:17: *** missing separator. Stop.

I'd be grateful. Thanks.

[Cabhan]

It seems that the guy downloaded the incorrect driver, which is why he was getting this error. Which is odd since I gave him the link to use. Maybe he told me the wrong arch?

Anyway, it seems that this problem may arise because of that.