Re: Installing Nvidia Drivers for 8600gt in Mepis 64-bit

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:46:50 +0000, davros wrote:

I need some help getting the official NVIDIA driver installed
for my GeForce 8600gt.

No idea what "official" means. Nvidia provides their drivers as a
download from their website. For Linux the latest release is called:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.09-pkg1.run, but nowhere is that called anything
like "official".

I have tried what feels like everything.

If you failed to "try" what Nvidia provides in its instruction you
haven't tried anything.

Install the kernel sources for your distribution including the config
file. Rename the config file as /usr/src/linux/.config. Execute

# make oldconfig

Start the kernel compilation and run it long enough to generate the
custom header files:

# make bzImage

You may have to relink /lib/modules/<version>/build to /usr/src/linux.
Then you can run the installer.
.

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