Hello mike,
> >>What video card do you have? > > > > NVidia Riva TNT2 Modewl64 is my card. > > Sorry for the delay. I was off station > > > > > >>Mike > >> > >> > >>Mukund JB. wrote: > >> > >>>Hello All, > >>> > >>>I am not able to make my X server work on rivafb (framebuffer > > > > module) > > > >>which is loaded as a module on system. > >> > >>>I edited "XF86Config-4" file > >>>Driver "nvidia" . > >>>Is it the right keyword to invoke the rivafb driver. I got this on > > > > same > > > >>maillists. Where in the system can I find the database for these > > > > keyword > > > >>stuff. > >> > >>>Later, when I say > >>># startx , it fails. > >>>It says:- > >>>(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) > >>>(EE) No devices detected. > >>> > >>>What is going wrong here? Is there any other way through which I can > >> > >>tell the X server to use Framebuffer. > >> > >>>Please help. > >>> > >>>My system configuration > >>>Os linux 7.3(kernel - 2.4.18) > >>>Boot loader lilo > >>>Default runlevel 3 > >>>Framebuffer rivafb > >>>X server version 4.2.0 > >>> > >>>Regards, > >>>Mukund jampala > >>> > > Well no expert here, but I had an nvidia card once under linux. > If you edited your "XF86Config-4" file to > Driver="nvidia" which I believe is the name of nvidia's driver from > there site which you would download from them and install as per > there readme instructions which I have done and works fine and has > 3d accelleration. It is working fine now. I have edited the Driver field in the device section as follows:- Driver "fbdev" After then the X server is using rivafb as I could see the debug messages. But it is not invoked when I switch between app ( ATL+TAB) or I open new app. I don't know, why? Is the software take care of it, rather than the fb driver? Suggest, if u have any idea. > > XFree86 has their open source driver which handles framebuffer > support as well and your "XF86Config-4" file would have been > Driver="nv" this driver works fine but only 2d accelleration. Our aim is to configure the X so that it uses the fraembuffer driver. > > I dont think you need the rivafb driver if you use the xfree86 > driver or nvidia's propietary driver. If it is so, then why is linux providing the rivafb driver? I think that rivafb driver has more functionality implemented in it than a generic fb driver. Regards, Mukund jampala - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
