INTELCRAZY

Yeah Failsafe, logged on under Root... and I type Then it says "No such file or directory", when I can run it in GUI and get that error above...

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Motoxrdude

to change directories type "cd (directory)"
example:
cd /home

then to list all files and folders in the directory type "ls"
so use the cd command to get in the same directory as the .run file is in then use ls to make sure it is really there. then type

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INTELCRAZY

Well I have it saved under "/root/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run", as you know, it defaults to root so there is not need for "cd /root" in this case. I can use "ls" and it shows up, but when I type in I get "No such file or directory". I don't understand why this is happening...

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PabloTeK

Try this:

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INTELCRAZY

Ha... I am away from that, no more Linux for me, I am done with it.. I tried Fedora 8, I love the interface.. I am hating Linux as a whole, I can't run anything out of the box. Either it's Linux or Nvidia's drivers must be finicky. I can't make anything 'run' out of the box. PCLinuxOS can't run the install of the Nvidia drivers after a reboot and going straight to Failsafe.. Now I try Fedora and it tells me to install some "binunit"(something like that), I installed, then I tried again, it needs another. I didn't even try to read what it wanted I just hit my shutdown button on my laptop and closed it. I am done and will probably go back to using Vista or a form of Mac...

It is pretty damn bad when you can't do something as simple as install a little driver, which is usually considered as "first configuration". And that's not even mentioning having to leave the GUI. I will say it this way, Linux is too old, it needs some serious updating, they just keep piling new security and interface crap on it. The code for the terminals reminds me of an STD, it is spread into all of the Linux OS's, it is an aggravation, and apparently, somebody needs to give it a shot of penicillin. I AM DONE WITH LINUX! Yes, D-O-N-E, DONE....Done... And the only reason Linux is good for servers, is because it requires no direct human interaction.

Motoxrdude

Like i said, some people just don't have the capacity to run linux. If you like windows, use windows, if you like linux, use linux. I don't understand why you had such confusion on which OS you like. Linux is not windows. Linux does not aim to be like windows. Linux does not aim to replace windows(but it would be nice).
I agree, nvidia drivers are way to complicated to install for the average user. If you dont like the gnome interface (what ubuntu uses), you can always try kubuntu which gives you the restricted drivers manager.

And it's your own fault you cant enter ./(name of file) into the terminal. If the file was spelled correctly then it would run, but i guess you couldnt handle that.

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INTELCRAZY

I was using Gnome with Fedora 8, I like the interface...

I did enter that, it just requires twenty-million packages to get one little stubborn driver to run.

patrickv

something i've always wanted to say
it's not really the "capacity" like you said but more like "understanding" of how linux works
yeah linux (any*) can get really confusing at times
I've used Pclinux and my card (yeah old,Geforce6200) was installed automatically. got the highest resolution but lately im away from linux, don't have the time (or the place )

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patrickv

Fedora sucks mad eggs in my view Intelcrazy, yeah just to install an APP, it takes lard, and it's really stupid with fedora, sometimes you have to navigate to the "etc" folder and uncomment all base-url from some files, Fedora sucks

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INTELCRAZY

Lucky you, had your card drivers installed auto, wish that would have happened to me. I got to my laptop's native resolution, 1440x900. But things like moving a window across my desktop was laggy. I figured video drivers...

lard? I was going through "yum" at first, I wanna know who sits out there and writes this crap. If the distros were updated and it wasn't constantly being ghetto-rigged with package managers and installers that have to be installed by installing other crap, this wouldn't happen, Linux might have a market share today.

I have the time, I would just rather spend my hour doing something other than installing package upon package to make a driver work, configuring something that should've been done when it was produced.