NVIDIA Driver Installation

[Monku]

hi
I to have a problem with Nvidia drivers

I compiled kernel then made changes to lilo.conf

but when I try to
#make-kpgk modules_image

It says:

The changelog says we are creating 2.6.11-monq-05-06-19, but I thought the version is 2.6.11

when I use Nvidia installer, the kernel_module compiles well but it sais that the version of kernel_sourse and kernel which i use are not the same (I compiled the kernel myself)

another way I tried was to do
#sudo module-assistant --k /usr/src/linux build nvidia

It compiled the nvidia kernel modulebut when I try to boot system with driver 'nvidia', I get info that kernel module has a bad format

what to do?

please help

[knoppixn00b]

this is how i got the nvidia driver to install:

apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.11

then go into /usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.11

cp -r --reply=yes * /usr/src/linux-2.6.11

this will copy everything from the current directory over to the other one. then :

cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.11

then i typed:

make all


it will run for awhile compiling stuff, eventually exiting with an error.

after it exits:

cd /path/to/NVIDIA-driver-installer.run

(where NVIDIA-driver-installer.run is the installer its self and /path/to is wherever you downloaded the installer to)

then run the installer and it will build the kernel module. then:

modprobe nvidia

it will load the kernel module. edit XF86config-4 and change the "nv" driver to "nvidia". then start X. open a terminal and type:

glxinfo |grep render

you should see something like:

Hardware rendering: Yes


this means the kernel module is installed and rendering for you. but it should be obvious when you start XFree86 and you get the Nvidia splash screen.

HOWEVER: please note that i haven't rebooted yet and i am unsure if running "make all" in the /usr/src/linux-2.6.11 directory will cause any issues. i don't "think" it will since i didn't run make install.....but still.....i'll update this later if there are any issues at reboot.

[Kowood]

Kanotix has a script to do it....
This is what I do...in lovely Archlinux:
init 3
pacman -Sy kernel
pacman -Sy nvidia-legacy
And I'm done.