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zetoune

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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:15 am

Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:15 pm

Posts: 288

ok thanks all.
So, I won't update the driver.

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Harbinger

Post subject: Tried it, and...

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:46 am

Joined: Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:18 pm

Posts: 86

Location: Dayton, Ohio

tjc wrote:

That tool is actually built when the drivers are, it just gets tossed by the cleanup. I did a little magic at one time and tested it but was not terribly impressed with the results. It tries to hide the syntax of the XF86Config-4 file (which is the easy part) from you, without actually making the actual configuration parts much easier.

To experiment with it, you can try editing the generated script and make the following change (THIS IS A CRUDE HACK!):

Code:

root@black2:/usr/local/bin# diff install-nvidia-8178-debian.sh~ install-nvidia-8178-debian.sh
97,98c97,98
< rm -rf NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VER-pkg1
< rm -f /etc/modutils/nvidia
---
> #rm -rf NVIDIA-Linux-x86-$VER-pkg1
> #rm -f /etc/modutils/nvidia

Then rerun that script.

Thanks for the info...keep in mind I'm not a Linux vet. The command you typed above seems to be comparing the same file against itself. Doing a 'diff --help' gave me LOTS of info, enought to make my head hurt..but I returned to your example above. If I read your info correctly, the changes to be made appear in lines 97 & 98 of the original script. Looking at the script, I see a notation just above these lines that says something about "fixing nVidia's stupid error." The lines in the script appear identical to your corrections. So, what exactly is being done...are we trying to keep nvidia-xconfig from being deleted by excluding or moving it?

(BTW, I had just installed 8174 last night and my origianl drivers kept getting reinstalled. I found this thread on your suggestion earlier. Good thing I did--I don't remember reading anywhere else that you had to execute another command to stop the earlier drivers from re-loading.)

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tjc

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Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:14 am

Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:00 am

Posts: 9551

Location: Arlington, MA

The diff shows changes from the old file (with the ~) to the current file. Old lines 97 to 98 changed to the new lines 97 to 98. Lines starting with '<' indicate something that was taken out, while '>' indicates something that was put in. Basically I commented out the lines with the '#' so that it left those files around rather than cleaning them up.

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snow_man

Post subject: Just to Summarize for the passing newb

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:54 pm

Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:52 pm

Posts: 14

Location: USA - East - Northern Virginia - GMU Campus

So, after some work, and tjc's instructions, and some more figuring out how to do stuff (like enable the network interface), I finally got my mobo to work, even though the 'WatchTV' still doesn't work. I had the same problem described in a linking post, and the new drivers fixed it.

Here is a more thurogh explaination of tjc's instructions (including activating the network interface that you need to download the drivers):

- Get your network working.

Code:

netcardconfig

- No need to download the drivers as the script will do it for you.

- Copy and modify the file /usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-7174-debian.sh to make one for 8174. In the copy replace the one occurance of 7174 with 8174. Here are the steps (for newbs):

Code:

cp /usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-7174-debian.sh /usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-8174-debian.sh
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-8174-debian.sh
pico /usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-8174-debian.sh

Comment out line 28 (replace 'VER=1.0-7174' with '#VER=1.0-7174') and add a line after that that reads 'VER=1.0-8174'

- Disable the boot time reinstall as above

Code:

update-rc.d -f install-nvidia-7174-debian remove

- Run the script that you just created for 8174

Code:

install-nvidia-8174-debian.sh

Quote:

Note that this may not get you all the new utility programs mentioned above. This could take more advanced diddling with the script that I'm not going to attempt off the cuff.

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EvilTwin

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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:42 pm

Joined: Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:31 am

Posts: 195

Location: Secret Lair

The new script in R5B7 just takes a command line parameter for the version... Much easier.

BTW - The current version is at least 8178 now.

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iscraigh

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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 5:33 pm

Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2005 1:43 pm

Posts: 388

Location: Nanaimo BC

and the parameter is??

install-nvidia-debian.sh ver=8174

install-nvidia-debian.sh --ver=8174

install-nvidia-debian.sh --ver=1.0-8174

install-nvidia-debian.sh ver=1.0-8174

And do we need to do -f or --force for something like

install-nvidia-debian.sh ver=1.0-8174 --force

Thats my guess after my daughter gets done watching her movie I will try these combinations and see what works.

Craig

*** Found the command on another post

/usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-debian.sh 1.0-8178

Not sure if you need the -force option I read somewhere that you do

will try it soon I hope.

Craig

yup you need - force

/usr/local/bin/install-nvidia-debian.sh 1.0-8178 -force

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ghee22

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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:22 pm

Joined: Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:10 pm

Posts: 12

OK,

I just consolidated what was said in this forum as put it in a wiki page. You can find it here:
http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page ... diaDrivers

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