If you look at the /usr/src/linux directory using Konqueror, (HOME > UP > UP - then to USR > SRC) you'll notice that it's a shortcut. If you navigage into it, you'll see that the actual directory name is /linux-2.4.22-10mdk. It's a shortcut so if you can't cd into it from a terminal window, try to cd to /usr/src/linux-2.4.22-10mdk. I was able to cd into /usr/src/linux just fine so be sure that you are following the proper case and syntax or it'll tell you it doesn't exist.

In any case, the system knows it's there so your upgrade should work just fine.

As far as the CD access thing is concerned, I'm not sure. If it doesn't even flash the light indicating that it's looking at the CD, it kind of tells me that it's looking somewhere else for the files. You might want to ask that question in another forum to be sure.

Ok put NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm and kernel-source-2.4.22-10mdk.i586.rpm onto a cd and put it on my linux. i ran kernel-source-2.4.22-10mdk.i586.rpm and it installed fine, then i built NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm and ran the binary file (just like the instructions) and i got no error!

What do i do next?!?!?!?!??!?!?!? (im a total newbie to linux, this is the first time ever installing drivers)

thanks!!! im sooooooo close now!

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I believe you are at step 16. Just continue from there and you should be fine.

To see if your system recognizes that you have a network card, (Step 17) open a terminal window and type:
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0
dhclient
If you get results, even if you have no IP, at least you know that your system can see the network card. Just follow the rest of the steps and you'll be good to go.

At least we stay on topic.

Wait huh??? step 16 of what?!?

If you go back to page 4 of this thread, about 1/2 way down you'll see the instructions I posted after I got frustrated trying to get things to work. They are written from a newbie (me) perspective with Step 1, 2, 3, etc. all the way to 21.

Hope this helps.

it worked!!!!!


I reply on my linux comp!


YayYayYay!!

thanks so much!!!!!

SpiritAuthor,
I've copied and pasted (and reformated) your step by step guide into my first post to avoid newcomers from being lost.

If that causes any problem, just notify me.

Regards,
Poulpy.

the step by step guide worked perfectly!

after runnign around the house screaming when it worked, i realized what a help this topic was!

No problem incorporating that into your original post Poulpy. Considering how helpful and patient you guys were when I was so frustrated, I'm more than happy to help.

Glad people are finding it useful.

Power to the Penguin!

I'm still not having any success with this. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, so I will write down what happens at each step.

Everything goes fine until step 8.

When I type cp arch/i386/defconfig .config
I get a message that says, "cp: overwrite config?"
The first time I got that message I just typed "make oldconfig"
And then "make dep"
With no results.

The second time I tried, when I got the message that says, "cp: overwrite config?" I typed "Y"
I typed "make oldconfig" and something was happening, much text scrolling.
Then I typed "make dep" and I got a message that said, "****make dep is unnecessary now".
From there I typed cd Desktop to get at the NVIDIA file.
then I typed "rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.src.rpm" and I get a message thats says, "/usr/lib/rpm/rpmb: no such file or directory

I'm going to try to reinstall, cause I'm sure I screwed something up with my attempts. But if you could let me know what I'm doing wrong, I sure would appreciate it.
Thanks

i had a similar problem, but i rebooted and reinstaled the kernel and then i got results from the make cmd. and after that it worked fine!

It looks like so far you are doing things correctly. I did forget to mention that you must answer "Y' to the overwrite message for the config file. Sorry about that.

If you navigate to your /usr/lib/rpm directory, you should see the rpmb file. If it isn't there, something's definitely wrong. The RPM installer needs that (and other) files to complete its tasks and the rebuild process is looking for it, which is why you are getting the "no such file" message.

After your reinstall, follow the directions and you should be fine. That's what I ended up doing after I messed things up by typing in some of the wrong things.

Why do I get a message that says, "****make dep is unnecessary now" when I type the command "make dep", in step #8?

Thanks