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tapeterson
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Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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 Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 6:48 am Post subject: Nvidia drivers 1.0-4363 Installation |
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Here are the steps I took to install the latest Nvidia drivers on a clean Xandros installation. I did this all after booting into the expert mode.
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1 Create a configured kernel source tree for the official 'Xandros Desktop' kernel
$ cd /usr/src
$ tar xjf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19.tar.bz2
$ ln -sf xandros-kernel-source-2.4.19 linux
$ cd linux
$ cp /boot/config-2.4.19-x1 .config
$ make oldconfig
$ make dep
2 Install NVIDIA driver
$ sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4363.run
3 Delete all files from the following directories (older nvidia driver files):
$ rm /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/override/*
$ rm /usr/lib/nvidia/*
4 Update the modules file (allows the kernel module to load successfully)
- Modify /etc/modutils/nvidia-aliases so that NVdriver is replaced
with nvidia. It should contain the following lines when finished:
alias char-major-195 nvidia
alias /dev/nvidiactl nvidia
alias /dev/nvidia0 nvidia
- Execute the command:
$ /sbin/update-modules
5 (Optional) Add support for GeForce FX 5200. If your nvidia based video card is not listed
in the file then you will need to add an entry for it.
- Append the following line to /etc/devices/ext/nvidia-video.pcimap
0x10de, 0x0322, VideoRam=131072k, Xserver=XF86_SVGA, Xdriver="nvidia", desc="GeForce FX 5200", Xmodules="-dri -GLcore"
6 Test
- Reboot
- Should get NVIDIA splash screen when starting X Windows
- glxgears should work
$ glxgears -info
GeForce FX 5200 => 3342.000 FPS @ 1024x768 (16 bit color)
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The Video Settings window displays all of the appropriate resolutions for my card and monitor and the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file has no NVIDIA related errors.
I think I can move on and figure out how to get my five button mouse to work as expected... |
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fizzol
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Joined: 03 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, that worked like a charm. I'd never have figured all that out on my own. The new driver seems to be working fine and I did get a small performance boost in glx-gears.
I'm wondering if the "nvidia-installer --update" will work when the next version comes out? Seems like it should.
Thanks again. |
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dsptech
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Joined: 21 Dec 2002
Posts: 359
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Good job on figuring this out.
I finally got around to it and it worked like a charm.
Unfortunatly I had to remove these drivers because they make my system
crash hard when using video capture via anything like xawtv, motv, etc..
From what I have read, this is an on-going problem with Nvidia released drivers.
I wonder how Xandros works around this?
| Quote: | | I'm wondering if the "nvidia-installer --update" will work when the next version comes out? Seems like it should. |
This does work and there are newer drivers out now ver. 4363.
Just run "nvidia-installer --update" after booting to expert mode. |
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CaptK
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Joined: 07 Dec 2002
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Just did the install per tapeterson's directions. Worked like a charm, according to glxgears run before and after, I picked up about 100fps. Now, its off to see if it improves my BZFlag/3DTank game any...  |
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thart528
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Joined: 06 Nov 2002
Posts: 37
Location: Alabama, USA
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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First of all, I really like Xandros. It is the first linux I've used and I've had no problems at all until now. (I got Xandros when it was first available and have been running it almost exclusively since.)
I just got a geforce fx 5200. Booted fine with a generic vesa driver. I followed tapeterson's directions and everything seemed to be going fine till I rebooted. Now all I can get is a login prompt. If I type startx I get an error to the effect of
NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module!
NVIDIA(0): Aborting
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Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration
I checked the assign IRQ to VGA and it is enabled.
I have a ecs k7s5a motherboard, it uses the sis 735 chipset, with an AMD 1400mhz processor.
Anyone have any ideas? I tried the restore option on the cd to no effect. I also tried safe video mode, same result.
Please use simple terms  I'm a plumber not an IT person. |
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