I just tried to install the Nvidia driver, yet without success. My specs are

- Knoppix 3.4 HDD install (the first "official" 3.4 version that came out, not sure about the date), standard boot set to 2.6 (in fact my kernel is what came with Knoppix 3.4 plus all apt-get available kernel-updates).

- I downloaded the aforementioned Nvidia .run package

- left X (by typing "init 3" in a root console, it took me a while to find out how to leave X )

- I started the .run package. It told me that there is no compiled version of the driver for my kernel, then suggests to get the necessary package from the Nvidia FTP. I confirm but it tells me that the required package is not available via FTP.

- It then offers to compile the driver from scratch. I confirm but the installer ends up giving me a final "not possible" message. I do not remember the exact reason it gave me.

In a nutshell, it is NOT POSSIBLE to install the Nvidia driver on a Knoppix 3.4 HDD-install by using the Nvidia installer package.

I would greatly appreciate it if someone could give me a workaround for this issue. I know it will mean to compile the driver myself, but even after 1 year of Linux I have never ever compiled anything myself so I guess I really need a detailed walkthrough.

Thank you very much in advance!

Linuxshark