Since the kernel source wasn't included with R5E50 by default, it has been a bit difficult to install any nvidia drivers other than 8776 and 7184. Thanks to the post at [url]http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13281&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= [/url]
we now know how to get the source. However, that's not the complete picture on how to get the latest and greatest drivers installed.

First, of course, follow the directions in the above post so that you have the /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.18-chw-13 directory. Now perform the following:

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cd /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-chw-13
cp -r . ../linux-source-2.6.18-chw-13
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This merges the kernel-headers with the kernel-source, since the source by itself doesn't have the configuration files that were used.

Next, on my system at least, I had to at least partially make the kernel again, because certain kernel module scripts weren't in a usable state until you did that. So I did the following:

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cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.18-chw-13
make
[wait about 20 seconds and then hit ctrl-c]
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Now we're ready to install the new driver. The easiest way to do this is the rename the startx script and reboot so that X is not even trying to boot up.
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mv /usr/bin/startx /usr/bin/startx.save
reboot
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For some reason the NVidia install script isn't yanking out the original nvidia kernel module, so I manually pulled it out with this command:
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rmmod nvidia
lsmod | grep nvidia
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The second command will let you verify that you no longer have the module loaded.

Now we're actually ready to run the binary package from NVidia. It doesn't quite detect everything correctly, so issue the command as such:
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sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9746-pkg1.run \
--kernel-source-path=/usr/src/linux-2.6.18-chw-13
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You will most likely get a message during the installation process that it had to make assumptions about the paths for X.org. The assumptions that it made are fine.

Once the installer is finished you should be able to safely start X back up, but don't forget to rename your startx executable.
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mv /usr/bin/startx.save /usr/bin/startx
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As always, check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file for hints as to what the problem may be. That's how I figured out that the original kernel module was still loaded!

Scott Milliken

How much improvement did you find in the newest driver?

Thanks!