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From: Grimble on 19 Oct 2007 07:40
Keith Lee wrote:
> All:
> I am having problems installing and using the driver (x11-driver-video-nvidia71xx-1.0-7185.5mdv2008.0.i586)
> for my TNT Riva2 card. While it seemed to install fine, I don't know what to set in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in
> order for Xorg to detect it. I tried nvidia but the .so nvidia driver is in a nvidia71xx directory inside the /usr/lib/
> Xorg/modules/drivers directory; and, therefore, undetectable by Xorg. . I then copied the .so nvidia driver into
> the /usr/lib/Xorg/modules/drivers directory, changed the entry in the xorg.conf file to nvidia from nv, then
> restarted X. It came back stating that it didn't know what nvidia meant. Any suggestions? Thank you.
>
> Keith
> Mandriva Linux 2008
> TNT Riva2 video card
I downloaded the latest driver from the NVidia site -
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run - and it installed perfectly
(Mandriva 2007.0, GEforce 6100).
Regards
Grimble
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