installing nvidia drivers, fedora core 4

**lungdart** · 10-24-2005

Trying to install the nvidia drivers from the Fedora core 4 instaltion ntoes, and when I run the nvidia driver .run file it gives me an error something along the lines of:

Could not find drivers on nvidia ftp site

Then it tries to recompile the kernel manually but I do not have the kernel source files, and cannot seem to find them on yum or apt-get.

I'm trying to install the 1.0-7676 driver directly from the nvidia website, so I can use dual monitors. Anyone have any ideas?

**jimbaloo** · 10-24-2005

You need to download the file onto your computer. When you have the file, kill the xserver. Once you have killed X you can cd to the directory you have the download and just type

Code:

sh <name of file>

The nvidia driver is self installing and will do everything for you. Then all you need to do is edit you X config file and you should be good to go.
Oh, and don't forget to restart X

**lungdart** · 10-24-2005

You're misunderstanding. I have killed the x server (init 4 as to still have networking) and typed sh <driver>.run in the proper folder, the installation screen comes up, but during the installation is where the problems occure. It tries to (from what i gathered) try to recompile the kernel with code from the nvidia ftp server. It seems the installer is having trouble finding the necesary files on the ftp server.

Should i try an older version of the driver? or am I missing something?

**techieMoe** · 10-24-2005

Try my tutorial. Report back if you have trouble:

http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-44103.html

**redistributer** · 10-25-2005

yeah, you should really do a full download of the file, only because you should be in run level 3 when installing the driver, and be sure to grab the txt file so you know what lines to edit.

**lungdart** · 10-25-2005

I should be in run level 3? I was told 4, so I could still have network access so I may connect to the nvidia's ftp server. With run level three i guess I will be needing my kernel-source rpm file. How can I tell my kernel version, and where would I go abouts getting my source for that version? As Yum nor Apt-get have it. Maybe the fedora website will? or is it on the fedora cd's? Because I did a web install and thus don't have the cd's.

Any help would be appreciated. I have two monitors here and one of them is gloating me

**jimbaloo** · 10-25-2005

The nvidia installer will take care of all that, you won't need to do anything except modify your X config file after the install.

**lungdart** · 10-25-2005

I'm not sure if your understanding. The Nvidia install is NOT working. Its requiring the kernel-source rpm for my kernel, and I'm not sure where to get that or what kernel I do have on my machine.

The installer is giving an error, thus it wont take care of anything.

**jimbaloo** · 10-25-2005

Are you in runlevel 3? If you are and the installer is not working you should try removing it from your system and downloading it again. If you are still experiencing problems at this point post the error that you are getting.
You should also read TechieMoe's tutorial before proceeding.

**redistributer** · 10-26-2005

to get your kernel version open a terminal and type uname -a
that will give your o/s and system info such as type of cpu etc
it will also lay back your distro info

after that search for the proper driver and download it, don't try to do an ftp install or you will run into trouble for sure. Also make sure you grab the readme file so you know what to edit in your x11conf file.

then /sbin/telinit 3
then run your nvidia-installer
./installer-name-of-file-.0.xxx.x.x

You shouldn't have a problem, but like I said there is more to ftp install because of the timeout rate of nvidia's ftp site it might even take a couple of tries to download the file because of that issue, I have notified them, but I really don't think they care

good luck

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