On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:52:44 +0200
guran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Q> Hi
>
> VERSION (rsync ftp.uninett.no)
> Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20010822 18:22
> /ChangeLog/1.545/Wed Aug 22 12:48:38 2001//
>
> When I first installed, I automatically installed the NVIDIA drivers from my
> deposit of tar.gz version, and everything looked fine.
>
> When I wrote startx, Xwindow failed to initialise the NVdriver.
>
> I am now running the default nv driver, anyone got better luck.
>
> regards
> guran
> --
> Mandrake 8.1 beta 2.4.8-10
>
Hi
might be a broken xfs. My xfs is broke in 2.4.8-9 and 10. Had to use the old
FontPath "/blah/blah" instead of the FontPath "unix/:-1" method of adding
fontpaths to XF86Config-4 and it started working.
Also if you're using devfs you'll need the patch for the NVIDIA drivers.
You can download the diff here http://www.cyber.com.au/users/ashridah/ and add
the following line to your modules.conf
# devfs alias for nvidia
alias /dev/nvidiactl NVdriver
and put this somewhere in your devfsd.conf
# Nvidia Stuff
LOOKUP nvidiactl MODLOAD
I think that's the proper way to autoload the nvidia driver.
