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#1 2005-09-11 22:41:11
- mrmg
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Another Nvidia problem...
Sorry if this has been raised before but I'm having problems installing the nvidia drivers. I have a fresh install and have done:
pacman -Syu
pacman -S kde
pacman -S (some other things like firefox, thunderbird, etc)
When I try to install nvidia I get the error most people seem to get talking about how you need to make sure X isn't running (and it isn't). I also get the following error:
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.10-ARCH/modules.dep: No such file or dire ctory
Does any one have any idea how I should fix it, is my GCC version wrong or something? Expect to see my as a regular face on these forums. I've still got to set up ALSA, samba, cups, WineX, etc. 
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#2 2005-09-11 23:15:13
- Dusty
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Re: Another Nvidia problem...
is it an older nvidia card? you might try pacman -S nvidia-legacy
that's just a guess. I have seen this question before, try searching the forums.
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#3 2005-09-12 00:06:39
- Cam
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#4 2005-09-12 02:10:16
- MrCoul
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Re: Another Nvidia problem...
First of all, try and boot without X. If you;re using GRUB as the bootloader you can 'edit' with E, and put "3" on the end of the boot commandline (boot to runlevel 3, IE boot everything without X ), login as root and pacman -S nvidia to install drivers.
I believe the drivers *warn* against installing during an X runlevel as a matter of course, if you're at runlevel3 you can ignore this.
This is the way to upgrade nvidia drivers.
In your circumstance, you have soe other problem ( I think ). Perhaps the modules stuff you need is in the kernel pacman, so try pacman -S kernel26 to ensure the build kernel tree is installed. ( I'm not entirely sure, I build my own kernels ).
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#5 2005-09-12 06:31:29
- mrmg
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Re: Another Nvidia problem...
Ok I feel stupid now. The problem was with the system upgrade it jumped my kernel up to 2.6.12 but kept running 2.6.10 (which gets removed), nvidia was obviously trying to find the old kernel sources but couldn't. A quick reboot and all is working fine now.
Cheers for your help
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#6 2005-09-12 07:26:14
- Kern
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Re: Another Nvidia problem...
A very embarassed mg
Dont be feeling too embarrassed
We've all taken the step of "lets learn something" by subscribing first to Linux and then to Arch.
It can be quite a steep learning curve but there are plenty of folks here happy to help, especially as your question was formed in a good way.
Mainly you tried to help yourself by researching the manual and forums first then, when stuck, clearly stated your problem, what steps you've taken so far and any error messages chucked out by the system. And you were courteous enough to come back and say you sorted it, despite any (unwarranted) feelings you may look a bit of a berk.
Model post !
oh and btw, welcome to Arch and the Arch community
Have fun 8)
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