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#1 2009-10-04 18:28:06

Fou
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Registered: 2009-09-27
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drivers for nvidia 9800 gtx[SOLVED]

Hi,

I'm new here and i want to know how can i install and configure a driver for my nvidia 9800 gtx graphics card

this command line can do the job ?

# pacman -S nvidia-96xx

certainly not ? ?


thank you all

Last edited by Fou (2009-10-05 11:34:49)

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#2 2009-10-04 18:36:56

Fou
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Re: drivers for nvidia 9800 gtx[SOLVED]

I  download this driver '"NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.36-pkg2.run" on the nvidia web site ....... but i don't know how to install the driver.

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#3 2009-10-04 18:40:33

loafer
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Re: drivers for nvidia 9800 gtx[SOLVED]

Don't instal it like that. "pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils" would do the job.


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#4 2009-10-04 18:50:30

t4k1t
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Re: drivers for nvidia 9800 gtx[SOLVED]

loafer wrote:

Don't instal it like that. "pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils" would do the job.

I second that, at least it worked for me (same graka).


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#5 2009-10-04 18:50:53

ozar
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Re: drivers for nvidia 9800 gtx[SOLVED]

I'd highly recommend loafer's method of installing nvidia drivers over installing the other way.


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