Installing NVIDIA 3D drivers

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Installing NVIDIA 3D drivers
Contributed by Maurice lawles in multimedia on 2006-02-12 02:59:20
I find myself retelling how to manually install the NVIDIA 3D drivers an awful lot. Here's a short tutorial that shocould work on any distro, but is tailored in spots for SuSE...

Installing the drivers

 

1. Make sure you haveKernel-Sources,GccAndMakePackages installed.


2. download the latest driver from NVIDIA's site.


3. Go into runlevel 3 (no GUI). This can be acheived several ways:


A) by typing CTRL + ALT + F1 (or F2-F6), then logging in as root and typingInit 3


B) by typing a 3 at the grub boot prompt.


C) by editing your/etc/inittab. See below for details.

D) Debian users may be need to use/etc/init. d/gestation stop instead.


4. log in as root user, if you aren't already.


5. Find the driver you just downloaded and run it using something likeSh NVIDIA-1.0.8174.run


6. If it gives you an errorRivafbSupport, ignore it.


7. Stay logged in as root and typeModprobe NVIDIA

Note: As of version 8174 of the NVIDIA driver, you no longer need to manually edit your Xorg. conf file. skip steps 8 and 9 if you are installing this version or newer.


8. Edit your/etc/X11/Xorg. conf in the section marked "devices" that looks something like this:

 

Section "Device"
Identifier "Nvidia Geforce 2"
Driver "nv"

9. Change the "NV" line to "NVIDIA"

Note: Some Distributions use xfree86 instead of x.org. The steps are the same, you're simply editing a different file:/Etc/X11/XF86Config-4 File.


10. log out as root, and back in as a regular user, then typeStartx


11. if you see the NVIDIA logo flash then you're one. if not your X Windows will error out. start a thread, post the errors, and we'll try and help you from there.



**Editing your/etc/inittab**

Some Distributions require you to edit your/Etc/inittabFile in order to boot in to non-graphical mode, which is required in order to install the NVIDIA drivers. Here is how you do it:


1. log in as root user from a console window by typingSuAnd your root (Administrator) password when it prompts you.


2. Open up your/Etc/inittabFile with a simple text editor. Any one will do but I like Pico, so for example purposes that's what I'll use:

 

pico /etc/inittab

3. Look for a line that looks something like this:

id:5:initdefault

4. Change5To3


5. Save the file and reboot.


6. Once Linux goes through its regular boot screens you shoshould be greeted with a simple text login screen. Continue from step 4 abve

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