Hi, I'm Magnolium, you may have seen me in a similar post
I'm here to ask for help relating the updation of the drivers of my graphic card!
If you are interested please note my gfx card model:
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 ( it is required for you not to laugh at my sh##ty card )
is there a way to "urpmi" those drivers????
If that can help, i am using Mandrake 9.1 with KDE 3.1.0
Thank you very much in advance and please don't forget to take a FREE wraped sausage with bacon on your way out. :naughty:
You need to download them off the nvidia.com website. Go into "download drivers" and click on the Linux/BSD link.
Its not too complicated, but you have to change a few things in your XF86Config gile.
EDIT:
It says Linux IA32
Linux AMD64
Linux IA64
FreeBSD
I guess i have ia32???????
do i already have xf86????
XFree86 is your graphical server. It is whats responsible for actually drawing the GUI. Yes, you have it.
Yes, you have IA32 (intel architecture 32bit).
thanx, i followed the instructions on the driver's site and did it all but it said it was missing something so i urpmi it and it had to install some packages from my install cd, unfortunately i lended my cd to someone so i'll just have to wait and thanks again for all those helpful informations!
So you did the thing but it needed a thing but you dont have that thing? 
Your problems were probobly one of these:
1. You were still logged into X.
2. You were not root.
3. You didnt make the File executable.
4.You need the kernel source.
Pick what problem you had, and I can help you.
Originally posted by contrasutra@Aug 1 2003, 05:06 AM1. You were still logged into X.
4.You need the kernel source.
Probably one of these two...which brings me to 2 questions..
What is X?
what is a kernel source???
:shy: sorry about the fact that i completely know nothing about Linux...
X is short for X11R6. Its a specification for how you display graphics. You want to use this standard, because most GUI programs are programmed to this specification, and you want to run them of course. the program: XFree86 conforms to this standard.
In this case though, I was using "X" to mean XFree86. You can use it either way.
OK, on your second question, a programmer could probobly explain better, but here goes:
When you want to code a program, all that code you type in is called Source Code. But you cant actually run the program like that. you have to first "convert" or "compile" it into machine language, "Binary".
Most linux distributions distribute it in Binary form. This means its already been compiled and is runable right away.
Some drivers want to recompile parts of your kernel (which is currntly a binary), so they need the source, so they can change and recompile it.
Thats also what you are doing when you type the "make" command. You are "making" that program or compiling it with GCC - the GNU C Compiler.
aaaaah!!!!
So that's why you said that Linux is a kernel, a bunch of commands...
So it means Linux is a binary giant code and KDE actually uses graphical "shortcuts" when a certain area is clicked to run a certain commands
So basically you could be using Linux withtout a DE and it would look like the terminal but fullscreen, just like DOS!!!
Thanks if im right!!
i'm waiting for my Mandrake Cd to install my develpment tools...
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