[SCRIPT] Install nvidia-gfx-drivers while running from CD

**P2C2E** · 11-20-2003, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by A. Jorge Garcia

OK, I just reread this entire thread AGAIN. I suppose the drivers are in nvidia.tbz, but I still don't get what version is used.... Also, could I get step-by-step instructions for using the installation script on an hdinstall?

Could someone please tell me which version is used as there are several versions on the nividia website for different s of nvidia cards. Mine is the Vanta card and NVChooser.sh says I need version 4192.

BTW, I have the Vanta card on my home PC. At school I have the intel video onboard 810 series. How do I get graphics acceleration for these motherboard graphics chips? My students really deserve a day off (right before turkey day?) and I would like to give them a bzflag LAN party....

TIA,

Don't worry about the exact driver now. Just try this one and see if it works for your card.
1. Download the script: wget http://debian.tu-bs.de/knoppix/live/nvidia-live.sh and save it in your home directory. Stay connected to internet during all steps.
2. Open the console and su to root.
3. cd /"home directory"
4. Make it executable: chmod +x nvidia-live.sh
5. Run it: ./nvidia-live.sh
6. You will then get a second script "nvidia-installer.sh" (not sure of name).
7. chmod +x nvidia-installer.sh (or whatever the actual name of the second script is)
8. ctrl-alt-F2 to close X
9. log back in at prompt.
10. su to root
11. Run second script: ./nvidia-installer.sh (again not sure about name)
12. If I remember correctly, that is it. When your computer reboots, you will have 3D acceleration.

**P2C2E** · 11-20-2003, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by A. Jorge Garcia

OK, I just reread this entire thread AGAIN. I suppose the drivers are in nvidia.tbz, but I still don't get what version is used.... Also, could I get step-by-step instructions for using the installation script on an hdinstall?

Could someone please tell me which version is used as there are several versions on the nividia website for different s of nvidia cards. Mine is the Vanta card and NVChooser.sh says I need version 4192.

BTW, I have the Vanta card on my home PC. At school I have the intel video onboard 810 series. How do I get graphics acceleration for these motherboard graphics chips? My students really deserve a day off (right before turkey day?) and I would like to give them a bzflag LAN party....

TIA,

The script installs driver 4363. It should work with your card. I have no experience with the intel 810 graphics.

**A. Jorge Garcia** · 11-22-2003, 03:06 AM

...tis a thing of beauty!

Worked like a dream, thanx Fabianx and P2C2E!!

Sweet!!!

PS: yeah, thanx guys, now my kids won't stop playing bzflag on my PC....

**pooh_** · 12-29-2003, 10:31 AM

Hi there,

Can anybody tell me what has changed with the nvidia scripts? There are new ones, but install-nvidia.sh is needed and not there anymore.

TIA

**Fabianx** · 01-05-2004, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by pooh_

Hi there,

Can anybody tell me what has changed with the nvidia scripts? There are new ones, but install-nvidia.sh is needed and not there anymore.

TIA

Please go to kano.mipooh.net and dl it

as you are on a hdinstall.

cu

Fabian

**pooh_** · 01-06-2004, 02:13 AM

That was a simple but effective answer. Din't know about that site.

It helped me, it works now.

A big thx.

**Wikt** · 01-10-2004, 01:19 PM

Hi

This thing COULD be a blessing. but when I run it.. I get repetitive errors about that thing not being there. What the?

Edit: I have a live-CD but I made my old RHL7 install a persistent home.

**A. Jorge Garcia** · 01-10-2004, 10:09 PM

I tried kano's script modified for 4192 (NVchooser.sh told me to use this driver originally) and 4363 (worked for me before with fabianx' script) and 2123 (new driver from NVchooser). I only get 300 fps now. I had gotten 600 fps before (with fabianx' script) on my Vanta card with a knoppix hdinstall. I reinstalled as debian and use kano's scripts and can't get more than 300 fps. Why?

Regards,
AJG

**Wikt** · 01-10-2004, 10:28 PM

Small question.

I try to run the script. However, I get errors about that the connection timed out and about wrong server response.

1) Timeout
2) Wrong resp
1)
2)
1)
2)

Ad infinitum

How the hack do I fix this?

**A. Jorge Garcia** · 01-11-2004, 12:57 AM

Oh, I just uncommentted (no # at the beginning of the line) the URL line thusly:

URL=http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86
or
URL=http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/

and you have to edit the VER line too, ie:

VER=1.0-4363

You just have to pick a driver from (maybe other than the 4363 series I used as an example):

ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86
or
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/

Good Luck,
AJG

PS: see script install-nvidia-debian.sh from http://kano.mipooh.net[/b] below

#!/bin/sh
if test -z "`lspci|grep VGA|grep -i nvidia`"; then
echo Error: No nVidia VGA adapter found.
exit 3
fi
if test $(id -u) != 0; then
echo Error: You must be root to run this script!
exit 4
fi
if test -n "$DISPLAY"; then
echo Error: Can\`t be run within X! Use a text console $ALT-CTRL-F1$
exit 5
fi
VER=1.0-4363
#VER=1.0-4349
URL=http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/
#VER=1.0-4191
#URL=http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/
cd /usr/src
wget -Nc $URL$VER/NVIDIA_kernel-$VER.tar.gz
wget -Nc $URL$VER/NVIDIA_GLX-$VER.tar.gz
rm -rf NVIDIA_kernel-$VER
tar zxf NVIDIA_kernel-$VER.tar.gz &>/dev/null || (
rm -f NVIDIA_kernel-$VER.tar.gz
echo NVIDIA_kernel-$VER.tar.gz could not be extracted
echo and has been deleted. Please restart this script.
exit 1
) || exit $?
rm -rf NVIDIA_GLX-$VER
tar zxf NVIDIA_GLX-$VER.tar.gz &>/dev/null || (
rm -f NVIDIA_GLX-$VER.tar.gz
echo NVIDIA_GLX-$VER.tar.gz could not be extracted
echo and has been deleted. Please restart this script.
exit 2
) || exit $?
if test "$(kernelversion)" == "2.6"; then
wget -Nc http://www.minion.de/files/NVIDIA_kernel-$VER-2.6.diff
fi
if test -f /etc/modutils/1alsa; then
mv /lib/modules/extra/alsa /lib/modules/`uname -r`/
rm -f /etc/modutils/1alsa
update-modules
fi
DM=`cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null`
DM=`basename $DM 2>/dev/null`
if test -z "$DM"; then
test -e /etc/init.d/kdm && /etc/init.d/kdm stop
else
test -e /etc/init.d/$DM && /etc/init.d/$DM stop
fi
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.*o
cd NVIDIA_kernel-$VER
if test "$(kernelversion)" == "2.6"; then
patch -p1 <../NVIDIA_kernel-$VER-2.6.diff
ln -s Makefile.kbuild Makefile
fi
perl -pi -e 's/"?(\$$kernel_cc$)"?/"\1"/;s/"?(\$$module_cc$)"?/"\1"/' Makefile
CC=gcc-$(perl -pe '($_)=/gcc.[Vv]ersion\s(3\.\d|2\.\d+)/;' /proc/version)
if test -e /usr/bin/$CC; then
make install CC=/usr/bin/$CC IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1
else
make install IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=1
fi
cd ..
rm -rf NVIDIA_kernel-$VER
rm -f /etc/modutils/nvidia
perl -pi -e 's|.*char-major-195.*[\n]?||' /etc/modutils/aliases
perl -pi -e 's|[\n]?$|\n|' /etc/modutils/aliases
echo alias char-major-195 nvidia >> /etc/modutils/aliases
update-modules
cd NVIDIA_GLX-$VER
make install
cd ..
rm -rf NVIDIA_GLX-$VER
if ! test -e /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.1st; then
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.1st
fi
perl -p -e 's/^[\s]*Load\s*"GLcore"/#\tLoad "GLcore"/;
s/^[\s]*Load\s*"dri"/#\tLoad "dri"/;
s/^[\s]*#*[\s]*Load\s*"glx"/\tLoad "glx"/;
s/^[\s]*Driver\s*"nv"/\tDriver "nvidia"/g;
s/^[\s]*Driver\s*"fbdev"/\tDriver "nvidia"/g;
s/^[\s]*Driver\s*"vesa"/\tDriver "nvidia"/g;
s/DefaultColorDepth.*/DefaultColorDepth 24/;
s/^[\s]*Option\s*"sw_cursor"/\t#Option "sw_cursor"/' \
< /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.1st > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
rm -rf /usr/lib/tls
ldconfig
sync
if test -z "$DM"; then
test -e /etc/init.d/kdm && /etc/init.d/kdm start
else
test -e /etc/init.d/$DM && /etc/init.d/$DM start
fi