go to
www.nvidia.com and download the driver from there.
i suggest using the tar.gz files. you will need:
NIVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.tar.gz
NIVIDA_GLX-1.0-4191.tar.gz
to install do this (as root):
tar -zxvf NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.tar.gz
tar -zxvf NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.tar.gz
cd NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123
make install
cd ../NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123
make install
then edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file
change:
Driver "nv"
to:
Driver "nvidia"
remove or comment out (adda # to the beginning of the line):
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
add:
Load "glx"
edit your /etc/modules.conf or /etc/conf.modules - whatever one you have - add the following line:
alias char-major-196 nvidia
REBOOT (shutdown -r now) or just restart X (ctrl-alt-backspace)