On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 20:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have installed the Geforce drivers from the Nvidia website, installed them > as per instructions, including the modification of the XFreeConfig-4 file, > changing nv to nvidia etc.... > > Now the problem I have is that I have my PC set to automatically boot to X, > only it fails and drops me to a command line. > > The error in the Xfree log, is something along the lines of 'cannot find > display' module not loaded. > > I can however issue a 'insmod nvidia' then 'startx' and X will open up fine > (the nvidia splash screen loads fine, and open GL games (tux etc..) work OK) > > Any suggestions on what might be causing the failure ? Or how to I > automatically do a 'insmod nvidia' on boot up so that X loads as it should > ??? > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > Jamie
Try running (in a console/terminal) depmod -a ...then reboot and try it again. Something is definitely wrong if the nvidia driver isn't loading in your /etc/modules.conf - so this should, SHOULD help...give it a go and tell us what happens... -- Fri May 30 20:30:00 EST 2003 20:30:00 up 5:39, 4 users, load average: 1.40, 1.29, 1.63 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * But I always fired into the nearest hill or, failing that, into blackness. I meant no harm; I just liked the explosions. And I was careful never to kill more than I could eat. -- Raoul Duke
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