Hello every1!! OK...my nVidia GeForce driver installation says that I need 2 close the X windows (or whatever) so I can proceed with installation...how do I do this?? I just installed Linux 2day and have no clue on how 2 do this... I got 2 a place called "System Monitor" and found many processes that had the word "gnome" in them...which is the exact one?? Thanx!! ;) El-Trucha

You need to switch to a different runlevel. You are running a graphical login, I assume, so everytime X is closed it will immediately restart. Pressing CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE shuts down the X server, but most likely it will just take you back to the login screen, since X will start right up again. Rather than install the nvidia drivers from source, try looking for an RPM file that contains what you need. RPM's can be installed from the graphical interface, and are configured for your operating system. This method will be far easier than compiling from source via the command prompt. If you really want to do the command prompt method, I'm sure someone knows the command to change the runlevel, but I don't offhand.

Log in as root and modify /etc/inittab. Change the run level from 5 to 3 (near the top). Reboot and you will be booting into command prompt. Install whatever video driver for your system. When done, type "startx" to see if it works or not. If everything goes fine, then change your /etc/inittab from 3 back to 5 again so you will boot directly into GUI... taurus

Birdman; They don't have RPM's anymore...:( taurus; That worked and my driver was installed!! :D But now...when I start "Tux Racer" (a 3D game that used 2 work very slow with the GeForce 2 MX drivers) doesn't start now!! and the 1st time I tried 2 run it with these new drivers it showed me a KDE crash error, telling me 2 tell the manufacturer... Why is that? Thanx!! ;) El-Trucha

You appear to be correct, I can't find any nvidia rpm's for redhat. SUSE distributes the drivers in rpm form, but only for SUSE linux, obviously. I assumed Redhat did the same. As to your problem, what error are you getting? try running the game from the console, so when it crashes you can see the output it gave. Open up a console and type in "tuxracer" I think. If that doens't work, try "TuxRacer" or permutations thereof.

Some other questions: when X starts up, do you see a big NVIDIA logo on the screen for like two seconds? If the drivers are installed and working you should. did you follow all the instructions about editing your config file? If you run "lsmod" from the console, do you see nvidia listed there?

Ok...I ran tuxracer from the terminal but it said that it couldn't load the vid card or something...:( Also...I didn't know about the config file!!! :D I'll read nVidia's instructions... Thanx!! ;) El-Trucha