Mandrake 9.0

[Knuckles]

i tried the drivers and every time i try them it comes up with a error can not failed to install nvidia.o :confused:

[bwkaz]

Well that won't be the only error you see. What else does it say?

Have you updated your kernel from the version that comes with Mandrake?

If you're trying to compile the drivers from source (that's either .src.rpm or .tar.gz), you need a kernel-source package that matches your kernel installed. Mandrake 9 provides such a package on CD 3, if you're still using their kernel.

[Knuckles]

i got pent 4 processor and linux mandrake 9.0 with drivers will i need and whats the full link 2 download load them and command 2 installl them if you don't mind :):confused:

[bwkaz]

I assume you've seen this page, right?

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4191

And the NVchooser on there? Use it. Instructions should be in the README.

[Knuckles]

thats the 1 i had the error with:mad:

[bwkaz]

Once you've gotten the RPMs that the script tells you to get, post their filenames (just as a sanity check on the script -- in RH, it's been telling people to download the wrong version, the one for kernel 2.4.18-24.8.0 or something, rather than whatever they actually had).

Then, do an rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX NVIDIA_kernel (to get rid of anything you might have installed), followed by rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel- and hit tab. That'll autocomplete the rest of the filename. Hit return, and if it errors out, STOP. Post those errors. If not, do the same thing (rpm -ivh) with NVIDIA_GLX- and hit tab.

[Knuckles]

this is the error i got
http://www.blackh0le.co.uk/LINUXN~1.gif

[bwkaz]

"init_module: no such device"

Well, the kernel module isn't recognizing that you have an nVidia card installed. What does /proc/pci say about the video card?

If you do actually have an nVidia card installed, or you're using an onboard nVidia chipset, then look at your BIOS settings. You should have PnP OS off, and Assign IRQ to VGA on. Have you (like the message says) looked at the output of dmesg?

[Knuckles]

so whats the commands i got type and that?

[bwkaz]

:banghead:

cat /proc/pci and look through it for the section related to your video card.

dmesg >dmesg.txt and open dmesg.txt in an editor.

[Knuckles]

http://www.blackh0le.co.uk/LINUXP~1.gif

[bwkaz]

You're not even using an nVidia video card (note the "VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. 86c764/765 (Trio32/64/64V+)" line).

Why are you trying to use the nVidia drivers? They will not work with S3's video chips...

According to http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status29.html#29 --

4.3.0:

Support (accelerated) for the 964 (revisions 0 and 1), 968, Trio32, Trio64, Trio64V+, Trio64UV+, Aurora64V+, Trio64V2, and PLATO/PX is provided by the "s3" driver This is in X 4.3.0; I would assume 4.2.0 or whatever is the same.

[Knuckles]

i have windows xp on here as well and i am usin the nvidia driver and it says my sound card is a nvidia geforce 3 Ti 200? :confused:

[bwkaz]

Well, that is very strange...

Is the S3 chip an onboard one? Seems like I remember them being prevalent around the time of the 440BX, so it makes sense to me that it might be... If so, try disabling it in your motherboard BIOS. There are some BIOSes that don't report addon video cards if the onboard one is enabled.

If you're sure you don't have an S3 onboard, then you'll want to look at /proc/bus/pci/devices -- grep it for 10de, which is nVidia's vendor ID. Do something like grep 10de /proc/bus/pci/devices, and if it prints something out, then post what lspci -vv tells you. I'm looking to see what /proc/bus/pci/devices thinks is attached at bus 0, device 8, function 0, whether its vendor ID is nVidia's, or something else. If the grep prints nothing, then ... hmm. Maybe turn off PnP OS (I don't know whether you've tried that or not...)?

[Knuckles]

my graffics card is in my ide slot

[mi6]

do you mean your AGP slot?

By the looks of it your AGP is disabled. Do you happen to have onboard graphics (S3) and an AGP graphics card?

[Knuckles]

i duno what you mean