Installing Nvidia graphics drivers HELP!!!!!

Well I have looked around but I still cant solve my problem so I am posting it here

I am running Fedora core 10 (live cd version) and EVERY time I start SL it crashes within seconds of logging in.

I am 99.9% sure its a graphics problem but when I try to update the graphics drivers I get this error message:


"ERROR: Unable to find the kernel source tree for the currently running kernel.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your
kernel and that they are properly configured; on Red Hat Linux systems,
for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' or 'kernel-devel' RPM
installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed,
you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path'
command line option."


Umm O...K....


I am fed up with all these errors I have already shut down the X server (I still don't get what that is), downloaded "gcc", and so forth but I don't understand this message so I am posting it here for all you guys to solve for me lol


If you need more information ask for it I think I gave enough but still.... lol


Thanks in advance

My apologies in advance if I misunderstand your question. I am assuming you are running your computer from a live-CD.

If you are running your computer with the live-CD on a computer with an NVIDIA graphics chipset, it is unlikely you will be able to run SL unless your live-CD is custom-built for your machine. The reason is the NVIDIA driver is proprietary and all the software on a Fedora live-CD is open-source.

You will need to either build a custom CD for your machine that includes the NVIDIA driver or install Fedora, with the kernel source packages, on the hard drive of that machine.

Gcc is the GNU C Compiler which is necessary, along with the kernel source, for a manual install of NVIDIA drivers. Again, this will not work on a machine booted from the stock Fedora live-CD.

Sarek as Adamas Carter points out the LiveCD will not have the proprietary nVidia drivers (aka modules or kernel modules).

If you choose to install Fedora 10 you can get the binary (no compiling needed) versions of the nVidia drivers from http://rpmfusion.org/. That site has instructions too.

hopefully helpful,