Linux Newbie Trying to install Geforce 4 Drivers On Slackware

[DZ-5]

Can anyone tell me what files I need to download from http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_1.0-3123
and the commands to install them? Please explain in as basic terms as possible, as I know very little about linux as of now.

Thanks,
DZ-5

[Chalnoth]

Here's what I would suggest:

First try:

1. Download the .src.rpm files (both NVIDIA_kernel... and NVIDIA_GLX...)

2. At the console, type "su" and enter the root password.

3. In the directory you downloaded the files, type the following commands:
rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel*
rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_GLX*

4. Once this is done, you should notice a line that says, "wrote file..." to a certain path. cd to that path (for me it's /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386)

5. Type:
rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel*
rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX*

Then edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file as it states in the readme file on the driver download page under section 3.

If this does not work, download the tarballs instead and try them. I've never done it, so you'll have to refer to section 2 in the readme for that.

[darkshadow]

Slackware doesn't support rpm so you have to Download NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.tar.gz and NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.tar.gz

then (taken from the README)

$ tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz
$ tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz
$ cd NVIDIA_kernel
$ make install
$ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX
$ make install

then modify you xf86config file using the README as a guide