On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 10:32 +0000, Paul F. Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > > Just download the Linux driver from > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html. > > Once you have the NVIDIA_XXX.sh file, go down to init 3 (init 3 as root) > > and execute the script. > > After a couple of "yes", go back to init 5 (again as root). It should > > work. > > Personally, I'd use the ones from livna - you don't need to mess around > with dropping down to different init levels. > > TTFN > True, but it does not avoid a restart of the X server, and X won't work with the old driver if you reboot to the new kernel. Almost a catch 22 unless you do the very simple recompile/reinstall yourself when the kernel is updated. I do a simple update kernel - reboot to text & recompile driver - reboot to X Takes less than 10 minutes total, including my time spent taking a break, Getting a coke, talking to friends, then finally getting back to complete the last reboot. Actually, more time is spent in waiting on the ntp server for the 2 boots than in any other part of the process. > Paul > -- > "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make > a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion" - L. > Ron Hubbard, an awful Sci-Fi author, WW2 fraud and founder of one of the > world's most evil and insidious cults, Scientology. >
