On 4/14/06, alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 22:32 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote: > > > >> My card is TNT2 M64 and only 7174 (legacy) can work and no module > >> found in rpm.livna.org . It also failed to build.... > >> > >> Would someone tell me how to do or where to get the module ?? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> > >> Wong Kwok Hon > >> > > > > Best thing to do is to make sure that kernel-devel is installed and then > > download your driver from here: > > > > http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8756/NVIDIA-Linux- > > x86-1.0-8756-pkg1.run > > > > You should read the directions on the page before you install: > > > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8756.html > > > > I followed the TNT2 links and those urls are what I got. The installer > > now features an editor which will automatically edit your xorg.conf file > > if you want. > > > > If these new drivers still dont' work for you, then you will be stuck > > searching the internet for a 7174 version of the Nvidia packaged > > drivers. > > The older versions of the nVIDIA driver do not work with the kernel that > comes with FC5. > > There is a new version of the nVIDIA driver that builds correctly without > patches on FC5. It was released just a few days ago, so you may need to > grab the new one. It is also supposed to fix some issues with suspend as > well, as well as a few other bugs. > > Also make sure you are not running X when you try to build the nVIDIA > driver. It does not like that for some reason. Yes, my TNT2 M64 is in Nvidia Legacy and not supported in 8756. And also I tried to install the 7174 in init 3 which without X but still failed. So do any procedure I missed ? Thanks! Wong Kwok Hon
