On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 23:24, Brittany wrote: > Im sorry for asking theses questions but im wanting to see if i get this > to work correctly and if im doing this right. > > when i go to http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp and click > on graphics drivers>GeForce and TNT2 Theirs bunch of Linux options that > i can choose from. > > Linux IA32 > Linux AMD64 > Linux IA64 > FreeBSD > > I cannot decide which one is correct for me. > > > -- > Brittany > Operating system used by Fedora Core 1.90 Test 1 Linux (Red hat) > Website: http://www.redhat.com/ > Downloads http://fedora.linux.duke.edu/ > > > On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 22:45 -0600, Dennis Calhoun wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 22:33:30 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >Hello again. > > > > > >Whenever i update my files it gives me another, newer version whenever i > > >reboot my machine but what the problem is that i cannot access the > > >graphical desktop. it gives me the text only. how can i fix it so that > > >it can work? > > > > If I read this right, you are speaking of a problem that you are > > having whenever you update your kernel, right? > > > > If so and if you have a non-standard driver for your display adaptor > > installed, such as nvidia, you will have to either recompile the > > adaptor or remove it and install a newer version of the driver that is > > already appropriate for the newer kernel. > > > > Every time I do a kernel update I have to recompile the nvidia driver > > for my system, using text commands only, before the GUI can be > > accessed using the new kernel. I do so by changing to the directory > > that contains the driver file and then running it with the command > > sh <filename> > > where <filename> is the exact name of the driver file. > > > > So far this has worked well for me every time, without having to do > > anything else outside of the actual installation procedures that the > > driver script presents. > > > > Dennis C. > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list I'd say most likely it will be the IA32 drivers (5336). Wolf
