Re: [newbie] NVIDIA rpm
On Monday 11 February 2002 07:23 pm, you wrote: > All, > them). Does anyone have any other suggestions to get this to work > properly? Well, don't know if it'll help you, but I had to put an agpgart option in my XF86Config-4 file as the default on later nvidia drivers is 'try system agpgart first'. this caused mine to exit right back to console. By changing that to 'use nvidia's agpgart' fixed mine. Looks like this: Option "NvAGP" "1" and this one is cool too - unless you like the big white screen with nividia's logo: Option "NoLogo" "on" And this one is really neato: Option "CursorShadow" "on" Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "2" Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "1" Read that 60 page doc from nvidia - there's all kinds of goodies in there. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NVIDIA rpm
"Terry S." wrote: > > All, > > Thanks to everyone who responded to my dilema of trying to get the > NVIDIA_kernel RPM for my LM 8.1 system. I did as everyone suggested and > downloaded, rebuilt, and instlled the source RPM. Things seemed to go well > as the packages installed, with only the customary warnings that NVIDIA > warns you about when installing the packages. I made the necessary changes > in my /etc/X11/XFconfig-4 (i think that's what it's called, i'm not at my > linux box) as suggested by NVIDIA's website, and then rebooted. Things > booted up just fine, but as soon as X started up and showed the KDM login > screen, the machine completely locked up, forcing to press the reset button > to get out of it. Anyone have any more suggestions on how to remedy this > situation? I've looked the the Xserver logs, and nothing seems out of the > ordinary. It shows that the NVIDIA kernel, the NVdriver, and even the glx > libraries loading ok (at least it doesn't show any errors about loading > them). Does anyone have any other suggestions to get this to work properly? > > Thanks! > > Terry Terry, through 2 Nvidia video cards, I've always done away with the graphical login...kill that, then when you logon, you just have to do a "startx" from the shell... Works great here... ;-) -- /\ Dark> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NVIDIA rpm
> Terry S. wrote: > >All, > > > >Thanks to everyone who responded to my dilema of trying to get the > >NVIDIA_kernel RPM for my LM 8.1 system. I did as everyone suggested and > >downloaded, rebuilt, and instlled the source RPM. Things seemed to go > > well as the packages installed, with only the customary warnings that > > NVIDIA warns you about when installing the packages. I made the > > necessary changes in my /etc/X11/XFconfig-4 (i think that's what it's > > called, i'm not at my linux box) as suggested by NVIDIA's website, and > > then rebooted. Things booted up just fine, but as soon as X started up > > and showed the KDM login screen, the machine completely locked up, > > forcing to press the reset button to get out of it. Anyone have any more > > suggestions on how to remedy this situation? I've looked the the Xserver > > logs, and nothing seems out of the ordinary. It shows that the NVIDIA > > kernel, the NVdriver, and even the glx libraries loading ok (at least it > > doesn't show any errors about loading them). Does anyone have any other > > suggestions to get this to work properly? > > > >Thanks! > > > >Terry Try getting rid of the graphical login so that you login from console (ie.init3). You can make this change in Mandrake Control Center > Boot > Boot Config > System mode. To start X from console, just type "startx" MIGHT help... skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NVIDIA rpm
Which model of Nvidia card do you have ? I have a VantaLT and it is working fine in mdk8.1 after I installed the rpms I got from Nvidia's website. I also made some changes in XFconfig-4 to make it work properly, but there is something to be noticed, the accelerated driver only works under kernel 2.4.8-26, the one that comes with mdk8.1. When I upgraded my kernel to 2.4.8-34, the accelerated driver stopped working, then I couldn't start X anymore. I had to use nv again . Actually after some minutes i decided to use the old kernel again ... : ) Also I tried to compile the driver under the updated kernel but all I got was an error message, I didn't manage to make it be compiled ... : ( Well, that is all I know, hope I have helped you. Good luck, Rodrigo Terry S. wrote: >All, > >Thanks to everyone who responded to my dilema of trying to get the >NVIDIA_kernel RPM for my LM 8.1 system. I did as everyone suggested and >downloaded, rebuilt, and instlled the source RPM. Things seemed to go well >as the packages installed, with only the customary warnings that NVIDIA >warns you about when installing the packages. I made the necessary changes >in my /etc/X11/XFconfig-4 (i think that's what it's called, i'm not at my >linux box) as suggested by NVIDIA's website, and then rebooted. Things >booted up just fine, but as soon as X started up and showed the KDM login >screen, the machine completely locked up, forcing to press the reset button >to get out of it. Anyone have any more suggestions on how to remedy this >situation? I've looked the the Xserver logs, and nothing seems out of the >ordinary. It shows that the NVIDIA kernel, the NVdriver, and even the glx >libraries loading ok (at least it doesn't show any errors about loading >them). Does anyone have any other suggestions to get this to work properly? > >Thanks! > >Terry > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] NVIDIA rpm
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 20:23:17 -0500 "Terry S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone have any other suggestions to get this to work properly? > > Thanks! > > Terry Yep, go here: http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux/howto/nvidia/mandrake8/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] NVIDIA rpm
All, Thanks to everyone who responded to my dilema of trying to get the NVIDIA_kernel RPM for my LM 8.1 system. I did as everyone suggested and downloaded, rebuilt, and instlled the source RPM. Things seemed to go well as the packages installed, with only the customary warnings that NVIDIA warns you about when installing the packages. I made the necessary changes in my /etc/X11/XFconfig-4 (i think that's what it's called, i'm not at my linux box) as suggested by NVIDIA's website, and then rebooted. Things booted up just fine, but as soon as X started up and showed the KDM login screen, the machine completely locked up, forcing to press the reset button to get out of it. Anyone have any more suggestions on how to remedy this situation? I've looked the the Xserver logs, and nothing seems out of the ordinary. It shows that the NVIDIA kernel, the NVdriver, and even the glx libraries loading ok (at least it doesn't show any errors about loading them). Does anyone have any other suggestions to get this to work properly? Thanks! Terry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
