On Saturday 06 March 2004 09:45 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 06 March 2004 09:18 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Saturday 06 March 2004 08:42 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > Hi all, I have the 5 CD set of 10.0 and it is not playing nicely with > > > my comp. This is the first time of all the releases that I have had > > > such a mess. I have two choices on boot. the 2.4.xx kernel or the > > > 2.6.xx kernel. Both go through the boot up fine but 2.6.xx ends with > > > just a blank screen and no keyboard action. > > > 2.4.xx loads up and runs but apps like OO.org just kind of hang with > > > transparent screens. I continue to explore. But for now this looks > > > like a PITA. Anyone getting better results? > > > > So, I solved the problem by reinstalling 10.0 with only the 2.6.2 kernel > > and then went in and edited X11 to take out the "driver "nvidia" " and > > replace with "nv". So the Nvidia driver that comes with 10.0 is not > > compatible with the 2.6 kernel. I am leary of going and getting the one > > on the NVIDIA site cause of the boot up problems this release is having > > on my comp. Anyhoo, the bugger runs. I hope some of this gets cleared up > > soon. > > No it is. Zeb discovered that that a depmod needs to be run to get the > nvidia module to load. See bug 8647 > > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8647 > > 'depmod -a' should solve the problem also. Thanks Greg, I installed the drivers from the 3rd CD and that fixed it. I then had problems with no mouse thru the zonet kvm switch so I put the USB logitech optical mouse in the usb port and that fixed the mouse problem. I must have been having a irq conflict. Any way thanks for the bug point. Now I can wring this puppy out and see what I can break on my own. : ) -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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