Nvidia Driver Rpm Question
 

I am a Linux Noob, been using it for about 4 days now.
Running Mandrake 8.2
System:
Celeron 533mhz
256MB PC133 Ram
15 GIG HDD
AGP ASUS Geforce2ti 7700 64MB DDR RAM
etc...

No problems at all, really. Just the MorphGL screensaver runs like ballz. Anyway I have just a few questions:

One,
How do I check to see if I have the updated 29.60 Linux drivers installed? I used the RPMs from http://www.nvidia.com
The RPM installation went off without a hitch. I got the congratulations message on both installations. Now how can I tell I have them installed.
When I check the mandrake control center I get a message like this:
So I guess my question is am I up to date. I am think that the NV should say 29 as in NV29 DDR but I may be wrong...

If I am not up to date what steps should I take to resolve this issue.

Thanks for understanding and helping out a noob.
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Guess I should post a few things concerning my installation. I am using KDE as my windows viewer.

Attached is a copy of the installation txt of my NVIDIA DRIVER using the rpm.
Please help if you can. I just want to know if I have installed it correctly.
Thanks
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That mandrake control center reads the card info from for example /proc/pci. It doesn't know anything about the nvidia drivers. To get the version of the drivers do: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version.

the only thing in the driver directory is a RTC file....
So what do I do now?
Thanks for the reply btw.
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Are you updating from a previous version of the nvidia drivers or from the mandrake drivers?
If you've updated from a previous version of the drivers did you uninstall the old ones first?
Did you edit your XF86Config-4 file as per the instructions in the manual?
Do you get the nvidia splash screen during loading of the OS.
Does your XFree86.0.log file report any errors?

You don't have to do anything. Likely the drivers are correctly installed. The way to check the kernel version is to use the command I told you. (cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version)

Just updating the stock drivers from the Mandrake 8.2 installation. I recently tried to install the tar files from the Nvidia site, and it generated many many errors...
I haven't touched the XF86Config-4 file. Do you mind going over how to do that? Do I just open it in an editor and edit the file?

What should I edit? What values etc....

My monitor is displayed at 1024X768 85Hz 32bit mode
I just wished I could tell what driver I have installed. Also, is there an advanced properties for the Nvidia adapter like in windows?
I would like to tweak it a bit if possible.

Thunderbird,
Well I have tried both as a user and as root to run the cat /usr/proc/driver/nvidia/version
but it always generates an error. I then did a locate for the word nvidia, and it doesnt show up.
Then I manually entered the usr/proc/driver directory, and the only file in that directory is a RTC file... Is that strange? Does that mean my Nvidia driver is not installed?
Thanks for you help thus far.

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Not: cat /usr/proc/driver/nvidia/version
but this: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version

proc/driver/nvidia/version doesn't exist. Perhaps the driver is not installed?
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Post your (/etc/X11/)XF86Config-4 file. I think it isn't correct.

Thunderbird thanks alot for your help. People like you make boards. I am very grateful.
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The problem is very easy, you forgot to add a line:
Load "glx" to the module section of the XF86Config-4 file and you forgot to change "nv" to "nvidia" in the device section of the XF86Config-4 file. After you change that it should work.