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

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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,

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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.

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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,

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

...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....

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

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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

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Please go to kano.mipooh.net and dl it :-) as you are on a hdinstall.

cu

Fabian

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

It helped me, it works now.

A big thx.

:D

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.

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

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?

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