by g0O » Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:18 pm
Howzit, uhm... new to linux, but i'm not helpless, I'll try find my own answers... generally. But to no avail this time. Anyways,
I've downloaded a nvidia driver 190.53(have the evga 9600 ko..), and its said to be certified. When trying to integrate/oncorporate/install, I have found out and read a bit about the terminal, using the root, even loging into the root as a user. I did the latter, and came close to installing, but it came with the error about running x-server or something(will try again today).
Main question:
Coming back to the terminal, when I right click on it(copied the dl'ed file to desktop)and say run in terminal, it brings up the root thing(Error bla bla must run as root...) I tried using the terminal, and get stuck to how to choose that driver sitting on my desktop..(I'l keep trying and give u guys feedback)
2nd question:
These are the installation instructions from nvidia:
====="""Installation instructions: Once you have downloaded the driver, change to the directory containing the driver package and install the driver by running, as root, sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg2.run
One of the last installation steps will offer to update your X configuration file. Either accept that offer, edit your X configuration file manually so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used, or run nvidia-xconfig"""========
How exactly do I "change to the directory containing the driver package and install the driver by running, as root, sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-190.53-pkg2.run"? This probably contains the meat of the question(s) and the answer might help me. And the whole xconfig thing I saw mentioned in this forum topic will be taken care of by the driver package right?
Oh, and a question to the admins, why wasnt there a option to choose Ultimate Edition 2.4 as my OS?
I have Ultimate Edition 2.4 64-bit, just for reference. Oh and thanks in advance to any and all answers I get, and there will be plenty more thanking...
Oh,when i tried doing it via the terminal as root... I get the error message running as x server and that i must exit that first.. any help or ideas?
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g0O on Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:51 pm, edited 3 times in total.