On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 02:03:26PM -0500, cdrobsonjr@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I was reading this thread because I am impacted similarly. > However, what is not covered here, and which I would like to know is, > while these instructions do in fact remedy getting nVidia drivers > working for the newer kernel, running the nVidia install script > modifies the old setups of the previous install on the old kernel. > I want to be able to switch back to my old kernel, or in fact any > kernel I may choose to keep on my system, and have the nVidia > drivers at the ready upon booting into any kernel without the > necessity of going through the steps as outlined in the post > below. There must be a way to set up a separte set of configuration > files which each kernel can refer to without having to write over > one common one that nVidia drivers can reference upon startup. > This is my quest. Anybody out there care to help or point me > somewhere which addresses this need? That is exactly what rpm packages are for. Non-intrusive and reversible installations. I answered to this thread in another post on how to get rpms for various kernels and various nvidia drivers concurrently installed. Have a look there. > Doug > Clint Harshaw <clint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >Jim Radford wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> > >> I've managed to get the afternoon off, so I'm taking the time to upgrade my > >> kernel (using up2date) to 2.4.22-1.2166 > >> > >> However, I know that last time I upgraded, I had to reinstall my Geforce > >> drivers - so I'm looking to upgrade them to the latest version as well. > >> > >> I currently have the following installed: > >> > >> [root@mailgate new]# rpm -qa | grep nvidia > >> nvidia-glx-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1 > >> kernel-module-nvidia-driver-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1 > >> kernel-module-nvidia-driver-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl-1.0.4496-0.fdr.10.1 > >> > >> Firstly, I can't recall where I got those rpms from :( > >> > >> Secondly, I grabbed a URL from another thread on this list and went to look at > >> the rpms there: http://atrpms.physik.fu-berlin.de/dist/fc1/nvidia-graphics/ > >> > >> There are so many to choose from, that I'm confused as to which to get. > >> > >> I have an Althlon XP 1800 and a Geforce 4 Ti (I forget which model) > >> > >> Can somebody please tell me what to install and ease my aching brain. > >> > >> Thanks. > > > > > >Jim: > > > >Here is set of instructions that work for me when I install an updated > >kernel and need to get my nvidia driver to play with the new kernel. > > > >1. Point your browser to this URL: > >http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html > > > >2. You can select the most recent driver there. (as of this writing, > >it's 1.0.5336) > > > >3. Download it, and note the location of where you put it. Write it down > >on some paper, 'cause you'll need to navigate there soon. > > > >4. Reboot your machine in the new kernel. X will fail and ask if you > >want to view the logs, or try the configuration. Answer "no" to both of > >them, and you'll go to a text-based login. > > > >6. login as root and navigate to where you stored your downloaded driver > >installation file. > > > >7. type this: > >sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel > > > >9. when the previous instruction is complete, type this: > >sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1-custom.run > > > >10. reboot your machine and X will be using the new driver. > > > >There is also a more complete set of instructions at this URL: > >http://fedora.artoo.net/faq/custom_nvidia.html > > > >(I didn't have to do the CC="gcc32" for this latest driver, but I did > >for an earlier driver installation.)) > > > >Clint > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > New! Unlimited Netscape Internet Service. > Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register > Act now to get a personalized email address! > > Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > > -- Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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