Your not root actually, hence the "sambie@", do this on the terminal: su - Then enter the root password and do it again. On Mon, 2004-03-01 at 13:19, Brittany wrote: > Ok i downloaded the drivers for Nvidia and heres what it's trying to say > whenever try to install it in terminal: > > [sambie@localhost Desktop]$ chmod 755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run > [sambie@localhost Desktop]$ ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run > Verifying archive integrity... OK > Uncompressing NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 1.0- > 5336................................................................................................................................................................................ > nvidia-installer: Error opening log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' > for writing (Permission denied); disabling logging. > > I am logged onto root, as it shows the keys on the right bottom of my > desktop. > > > Is their anything that im doing wrong? > > > > > 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 adaptor or remove it and install a newer version of the driver that is 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. > > > > -- > 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/ -- Adam Voigt adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
