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[Geforce]

Anybody knows how??

[Guest]

You'll need either XFree or Xorg installed for it to work at all

From memory

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AAAA. Read the documentation for the nvidia driver
AAAA. Read the documentation for the nvidia driver

We've read the docs ?


1 Have usr_dev.fs mounted

2 Have kernel source installed

3 Have a .config in the kernel source

4 Run make dep

The above is required when the Nvidia installer builds the kernel modules

5 Get the latest nvidia driver

6 Run it and follow the prompts

This is more or less what I needed to do on my slack system, apart from mounting usr_dev.fs

This would be a good candidate for a dotpup but I don't know about the redistribution side of it

[MU]

its not as easy I fear.

I currently try to install the ATI-DRI-modules (the free ones, not the propriatary ones).

Problems:
The installer-script expects the source somewhere else.
So first you might need install the Kernel-source (I don't know if the files in usr_devx.sfs are sufficient).
Yes, create the .config, see http://www.goosee.com/puppy/development/compilekernel.htm
Then add a symlink:
ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/2.4.29/source

Then the script compiles the DRM-Kernelmodules.
And it copys files to /usr/X11R6/

And then X won't start

Still testing...

Also keep in mind, that all changes in /lib/modules are lost after reboot, so you will need a script or modify image.gz

Mark