Yes!!! Getting better!!!

[b_usa]

Yes!!! Today I've finally gotten my NVIDIA drivers installed, compiled my first software, and gotten peer tp peer tp work!!! It sure pays off when you actually accomplish something!!!!!

[Grimster]

Yeah it feels great doesn't it :D
You start gaining confidence and now is where your linux skills really start to take off :)

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by b_usa
Yes!!! Today I've finally gotten my NVIDIA drivers installed, compiled my first software, and gotten peer tp peer tp work!!! It sure pays off when you actually accomplish something!!!!!

Since this is the 'How I did it' forum, you should be including the procedures for installing the nvidia drivers and not just stating the fact that you did get them installed.

You could always submit the procedures to the LNO admins for consideration as a NHF.

Then you would be famous. :)

[b_usa]

I can't take credit with a NHF, but I can post the link that I used which initself was sufficient to do the job...:)

http://mdkxp.by-a.com/htm/tutorials/nvidiacli.php

This one page was all it took for me to have 3D up and runnung.

[williamwbishop]

Congrats!!

[b_usa]

It certainly is a lot more fun using Linux once you get a slight clue as to what the hell is going on...:)

[snowdog]

I did everything that page said to do, and all I got was a black screen. I did a modprobe and got something about driver loaded but with warnings. There was something called tainted modules. I then went and reinstalled Mandrake, then used the tar.gz NVidia drivers (instead of the rpm's like the first time) and got the same errors. I'm using a TNT2 video card on Mandrake 9.0. I installed XFree 4.2.1. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions?

[gmilby]

Share your knowledge (some of us aren't so far along!) ;-)