[CS-FSLUG] Mandrake 2005LE and NVidia drivers

[Dommy E. Hamid]

That can't be. I am using Mandriva 2005 LE download edition and I can 
compile and use Nvidia driver just fine.

First make sure you use the same version of the kernel-source as your 
kernel. If you have updated your system via mandrake-update, know that 
mandrake-update doesn't update the kernel automatically. You need to use 
rpmdrake to install (that's right, install, not update) the new kernel, 
then reboot to activate the new kernel. Also, you can only compile and 
install the Nvidia driver while X is not running, so you need to go to 
into init 3 before compiling it.

Now, for the KDE throwing around the icons, I used to have that problem 
too until I erase my .kde directory and my Desktop directory. Then it 
doesn't occur anymore. Possibly different settings in the different KDE 
version cause it?

Dommy

Nathan T. wrote:
> I've got Mandrake 2005 LE installed at the moment, aside from some
> fonts not being anti-aliased I'm also bothered by the fact that the
> nvidia drivers package won't compile and work. I've installed the
> kernel-source-2.6 package, and when that didn't work I installed the
> kernel-source-stripped-2.6 rpm, but neither would provide me with a
> working nvidia kernel module.
> 
> Is it possible that Mandrake is blocking the use of nvidia drivers
> that aren't released by them, even when the nvidia packages are
> compiled by hand? It is plausible since one of the selling points of a
> boxed set is the inclusion of proprietary drivers like the nvidia and
> ati ones as RPMs.
> 
> BTW. Did anyone find a workaround to that problem with KDE throwing
> the icons around when you log in? I arrange them one way, and when I
> log in again later the icons have been moved to the side.
> 
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