Is it possible to install the drivers for my nVidia card before I install Red Hat 9. I can't install in GUI mode because for some reason it doesn't like my video card I think. It's and nVidia gF 4 5200
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Is it possible to install the drivers for my nVidia card before I install Red Hat 9. I can't install in GUI mode because for some reason it doesn't like my video card I think. It's and nVidia gF 4 5200
RH9 *should* already have the open source nv driver... you can try to install via text mode... also, you should check the install docs for RH9 for a way to specify your vid card.. it could also be a misdetection of your monitor...
I wasn't aware that any distribution shipped with proprietary drivers. I know that they do ship with X's drivers but .... that's really about it.
That's right, you can't install nVidia's drivers in GUI mode, but that's not because they don't like your card, it's simply because they will refuse to install themselves while you're running an X server (this is actually a stupid decision by nVidia - completely groundless, and I don't understand why they did it that way). In any case, you'll have to log out of your graphical environment, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get to a text terminal, log in, run "telinit 3" to terminate the X server and display manager, and then you can install them. Once the installation is complete, you can run "telinit 5" to restart the display manager and the X server.Quote:
Originally Posted by Betti1214