nvidia AMD64 howto - worked for me - correction (apologies)!

[Ravi Sharma]

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I tried everything you said. I even reinstalled Ubuntu with latest nightly build iso. and then followed your steps.

Could not get pass step 5. 
uname -a, ls -al /usr/src, ls -ld /usr/modules/2.6.8.xxx/build everything returns same kernel but still nvidia install.run can not find kernel interface. Says it needs to compile interface but could not. 

So I guess I give up now. 

Thank you very much for all the help.

Ravi


On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 Leon Vismer wrote :
>Hi
>
>I though I would document how I installed the nvidia driver for an AMD64
>single processor. I added a correction, missed one step ... 5.2
>
>1. Download the NVIDIA package
>$ wget
>http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/1.0-6111/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6111-pkg2.run
>
>2. Made sure I had the latest kernel image and kernel headers
>$ sudo update
>-- still the same as of 2004/10/07
>$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.8.1-3-amd64-generic
>$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3-amd64-generic
>$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3
>
>3. Rebooted my machine for new kernel to take effect
>
>4. At the GDM login screen I got to a console (One cannot install the
>driver while X is running) by pressing
>CTRL-ALT-F1
>-- you should be at a prompt now, login using your user details and
>$ sudo killall gdm
>
>5.1 Run the NVIDIA application from step one
>$ sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6111-pkg2.run
>-- Go through the menu options, saying yes to install and accept the
>license, said no to try and download stuff from nvidia as kernel module
>did not exists. The setup program picked up I had the correct headers
>for the kernel and built the driver. It then proceeds to try and install
>the linked modules in /usr/lib64 however it fails with some messages. Do
>not abort here and just continue through the messages, and continue not
>to abort the process. At the end you should have a completed message
>coming back.
>-- To check one should have
>/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-amd64-generic/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
>
>5.2 Run the attached script as supplied by someone on the list, many
>thanks for this. It will create/symlink the dynamic modules.
>$ sudo sh ./nvidia.sh
>
>6. Add nvidia to /etc/modules
>$ sudo gedit /etc/modules
>-- move to the bottom of the file and add nvidia
>
>7. Update the X config file
>$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>-- In the Section "Module" part of the file make sure you comment out
>(#)
>Load "dri"
>Load "GLcore"
>-- and make sure that
>Load "glx"
>-- is in this section
>
>-- Then change the graphics device in the relevant section
>-- It would most probably be
>Driver "nv"
>-- which should changed to
>Driver "nvidia"
>
>8. Reboot the machine and hope for the best ;-)
>
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