really newbie

[Eric]

just installed red hat 8.0 linux on my computer because i couldn't get a windows xp cd, and now everything is working fine...

however, and keep in mind that i'm a total noob, how would i go about installing drivers for my video card.

it's an nvidia geforce 4.

i opened the cd and it only has the installations for the windows versions.

i tried using the xp version but when it got an error at installing something about a 'kernel...' and it was looking under c:\
i know enough already to know that linux does not use the c: drive. so what can i do to stop this.

[l_Smokie]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html

choose the most suitable driver for your distro ...

good luck,
sm0kie

[Eric]

alright i found the version that's mine but how do i run the program.
i've tried double clicking on it and using the "run program" link from the start menu but it won't execute

[Dolda2000]

First, it's a terminal program, so you need to run it from a terminal emulator. You will also need to enable execute permissions on it, since files are normally downloaded without. In a shell, run "chmod 755 filename" to accomplish that. In the GUI... well, I'm not sure, but I think that there's something about that if you right-click and choose properties. I rarely use any GUI filebrowser, though, so I can't tell exactly how to do it.

[yowwww]

see the page on lthe ink below for "How to Install Nvidia Drivers'.