.tar driver question

[Ram1000]

Hi sorry if this has already been answered
I have installed Slackware 8 which went without a hitch, the only problem was in the xf86config. the geforce 3 is not listed, and when I begin startx I get:

Fatal server error
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

and doesn’t load.

So now I have, under the assumption that the vid card drivers are the problem, the .tar drivers from Nvidia on two different dos floppies

I can mount the dos disk (mount –t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt) but I have been unable to access the files.

The instructions for the installation are

$ tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz
$ tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz
$ cd NVIDIA_kernel
$ make install
$ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX
$ make install

so my question is how do I access these files in the floppies and have them install onto the harddisk


ty
ram

[scanez]

What do you mean by that you have been unable to access the files? Does that mean you can't find them or what?

SC

[mangeli]

Did you do the standard install of Slackware?

If so, go to /usr/bin/X11R6
(I think thats the folder, do a search for XFree86Setup) and run XFree86Setup.

That should get the card for you. I think X 4.* has the GeForce3 drivers...

4.1.0:
Support (accelerated) for the Riva 128, 128ZX, TNT, TNT2 (Ultra, Vanta, M64), GeForce (DDR, 256), GeForce 2 (GTS, Ultra, MX), GeForce 3, Quadro, and Quadro2 is provided by the "nv" driver.



the standard install does support it. try the xfree86setup program. Choose 16 bits

[Ram1000]

no such file or directory

[Ram1000]

wow, it (xfree86setup) actually worked
ty

[ 08 October 2001: Message edited by: Ram1000 ]

[ 08 October 2001: Message edited by: Ram1000 ]