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#           *** NVIDIA Commercial Driver Installation ***           #
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# Generated.......Sun Nov 17 20:20:06 EST 2002                      #
# Modified........Tue Jul 22 15:04:53 PDT 2003                      #
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    ================================================================
    **** I've been hearing a lot of performance/stability complaints
    about driver version 4191.  In my opinion, you should try 4191
    first, if it sucks, uninstall the nvidia rpms and follow these
    instructions again with driver version 3123. ****
    ================================================================

    ================================================================
    **** After 4191, Nvidia stopped distributing RPMs which renders
    this HOWTO useless.  Please see the Nvidia driver download page
    and read the instructions for their new graphical installer.****
    ================================================================



  Current NVIDIA Linux Display Driver is located at:
  	http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4191

  For detailed installation instructions see the official NVIDIA README at:
  	http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-4191/README (TEXT FILE)
	http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-4191/NVLinuxNotes4191.pdf (PDF FILE)


  Table of contents:
  
  	I.	Pre Install Kernel Prep
	II.	Driver Installation
  	III.	XF86Config-4
  	IV.	Tips and Tricks


.----------------------------.
| I. Pre Install Kernel Prep |
`----------------------------'


	*** NOTE:  RUN EACH COMMAND IN NUMERICAL ORDER AS YOU SEE LISTED BELOW ***
	*** NOTE:  THESE COMMANDS NEED TO BE RAN ON THE COMMAND LINE EITHER 
	           FROM CONSOLE OR A TERMINAL IN X ***

	
  o1.>  su (ENTER YOUR ROOT PASSWORD)
  o2.>  In MDK9.1, the kernel-headers package was removed, its files are in the
        glibc-devel package.
	Users of MDK releases before 9.1 run:
	    urpmi gcc rpm-build kernel-source kernel-headers
	Users of MDK 9.1 and later run:
	    urpmi gcc rpm-build kernel-source glibc-devel

        You need to make sure your kernel-source rpm matches your running kernel
	'uname -r' prints your running kernel's version.  'rpm -q kernel-source'
	prints kernel-source version, for example:
	$ uname -r
	2.4.18-8.1mdk
	$ rpm -q kernel-source
	kernel-source-2.4.18-8.1mdk
	
	If the kernel-source is higher, ie: 2.4.18-24mdk, and your kernel is
	lower, ie: 2.4.18-16mdk.  Then you haven't installed an updated kernel.
	Simply type 'urpmi kernel' and reboot.  Repeat the test to ensure the
	kernel-source matches the kernel.

	If they still don't match, don't bother continueing with these
	instructions.  Find someone on irc.freenode.net/#mandrake to help
	sort things out.


	*** NOTE:  NEEDED IF YOU'RE USING kernel-secure*mdk, kernel-enterprise*mdk
	    OR kernel-smp*mdk  (but it never hurts either) ***
  o3.>  cd /usr/src/linux
  o4.>  make mrproper
  o5.>  cp /boot/config-'uname -r' .config
  o6.>  make oldconfig
  o7.>  vi Makefile (change EXTRAVERSION to match 'uname -r')
  o8.>  make dep


.-------------------------.
| II. Driver Installation |
`-------------------------'


	*** NOTE:  RUN EACH COMMAND IN NUMERICAL ORDER AS YOU SEE LISTED BELOW ***
	*** NOTE:  ENTER COMMANDS FROM A CONSOLE OR TERMINAL IN X ***


  o1.>	su (ENTER YOUR ROOT PASSWORD)
  o2.>  rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX NVIDIA_kernel --nodeps
  o3.>  rm -f /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/NVIDIA*.rpm
  o4.>  urpmi gcc rpm-build kernel-source kernel-headers (ONLY NEEDED IF YOU
        DIDN'T PREP YOUR KERNEL)
  o5.>  cd ~/tmp
  o6.>	wget http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-4191/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm
  o7.>	wget http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-4191/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.src.rpm
  o8.>	rpm --rebuild NVIDIA*.src.rpm
  o9.>	rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/NVIDIA*.rpm


.-------------------.
| III. XF86Config-4 |
`-------------------'


	*** NOTE:  XF86Config-4 IS LOCATED IN /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 ***
	*** NOTE:  EXAMPLE TEXT EDITORS ARE 'vi' CONSOLE AND 'kate' KDE GUI EDITOR ***
	

  o1.>  Use your favorite text editor to edit the XF86Config-4 file. (EX.
        'vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4' OR 'kate /etc/X11/XF86Config-4)
  o2.>	In the "Modules" section, make sure you have:
  	Load	"glx"
  
  o3.>	You should also remove the following lines if they exist:
  	Load	"dri"
	Load	"GLcore"

  o4.>  Finally in the "Device" section for your video card, replace the line:
	Driver	"nv" (or Driver "vesa" etc...)
	
	with

	Driver	"nvidia"

  o5.>  Save and exit your text editor. (EX. IN 'vi' ESC KEY AND TYPE :wq)
  o6.>  Start and or restart X. (EX. 'startx' IF X ISN'T RUNNING OR Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
        TO RESTART X WHILE IN X)


.---------------------.
| IV. Tips and Tricks |
`---------------------'

	
        *** NOTE:  SEE THE OFFICIAL NVIDIA README FOR MORE XF86Config-4 OPTIONS ***

  
  o1.>  If you encounter lockups and are using AMD hardware add "mem=nopentium"
        to the append line of your /etc/lilo.conf and run 'lilo' after editing it.
  o2.>  Does the NVIDIA splash logo annoy you ?  Feel it takes too long to
        'startx' ?  then append:
  	Option "NoLogo" "boolean"
	
	to your XF86Config-4.
  
  o3.>  It would help if you read the official NVIDIA README "RTFM" (Read The F@%$ing Manual)
  o4.>  NVIDIA README -> http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-4191/README