Re: [newbie] NVidia driver instalation + uninstalling modules
On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 12:57, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 19 August 2004 06:49 am, RAT wrote: I have NVidia GForce FX graphical card. I've downloaded drivers from NVidia.com and I tried to install them in text console. There was one conflict with rivafb driver but otherwise it was successfull .. but OpenGL supporst doesn't work. I tried to find the rivafb module but I have no clue how to uninstall module from kernel. Did you remember to edit the XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 to change the driver in X from nv to nvidia? Section Device Identifier Videocard0 Driver nv VendorName Videocard vendor BoardName NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic) EndSection From within X, open up a konsole window and type in lsmod and then try to see if you have the nvidia module loaded. If you do not, then you have not properly installed the nvidia driver. but .. the nvidia module doesn't seem to be loaded. lsmod shows nothing and OpenGL still doesn't work :( R Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] NVidia driver instalation + uninstalling modules
RAT wrote: On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 12:57, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 19 August 2004 06:49 am, RAT wrote: I have NVidia GForce FX graphical card. I've downloaded drivers from NVidia.com and I tried to install them in text console. There was one conflict with rivafb driver but otherwise it was successfull .. but OpenGL supporst doesn't work. I tried to find the rivafb module but I have no clue how to uninstall module from kernel. Did you remember to edit the XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 to change the driver in X from nv to nvidia? Section Device Identifier Videocard0 Driver nv VendorName Videocard vendor BoardName NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic) EndSection From within X, open up a konsole window and type in lsmod and then try to see if you have the nvidia module loaded. If you do not, then you have not properly installed the nvidia driver. but .. the nvidia module doesn't seem to be loaded. lsmod shows nothing and OpenGL still doesn't work :( R If I get the posting remembered I believe you were talking about swapping from -15mdk and -7mdk and back again? Do you have both kernel-sources/vmlinuz in place and your boot loader configured to boot into either? The way I understood things, when loading nVidia drivers, you need to be within the uname of the kernel you wanted to install the driver to, so that suggests to me that you need to boot into the -15mdk and install nVidia again as per its 'Requirements'. Yeah. I mean having the driver installed twice? It's my understanding, also, that once you have booted into a particular kernel type/version, that upon exiting X, you are still using the initial booted too kernel? Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can correct this if'n I'm wrong. -- Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] NVidia driver instalation + uninstalling modules
-Original Message- From: SnapafunFrank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 3:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] NVidia driver instalation + uninstalling modules RAT wrote: On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 12:57, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 19 August 2004 06:49 am, RAT wrote: I have NVidia GForce FX graphical card. I've downloaded drivers from NVidia.com and I tried to install them in text console. There was one conflict with rivafb driver but otherwise it was successfull .. but OpenGL supporst doesn't work. I tried to find the rivafb module but I have no clue how to uninstall module from kernel. Did you remember to edit the XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 to change the driver in X from nv to nvidia? Section Device Identifier Videocard0 Driver nv VendorName Videocard vendor BoardName NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic) EndSection From within X, open up a konsole window and type in lsmod and then try to see if you have the nvidia module loaded. If you do not, then you have not properly installed the nvidia driver. but .. the nvidia module doesn't seem to be loaded. lsmod shows nothing and OpenGL still doesn't work :( R If I get the posting remembered I believe you were talking about swapping from -15mdk and -7mdk and back again? Do you have both kernel-sources/vmlinuz in place and your boot loader configured to boot into either? The way I understood things, when loading nVidia drivers, you need to be within the uname of the kernel you wanted to install the driver to, so that suggests to me that you need to boot into the -15mdk and install nVidia again as per its 'Requirements'. Yeah. I mean having the driver installed twice? It's my understanding, also, that once you have booted into a particular kernel type/version, that upon exiting X, you are still using the initial booted too kernel? Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can correct this if'n I'm wrong. -- Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 == Also, don't forget to check the following in your XF86Config-4: (from the readme) In the Module section, make sure you have: Load glx You should also remove the following lines: Load dri Load GLcore ...when I install the nvidia driver (as needed everytime a kernel upgrade happens) I usually just open a console and init 3. Then login as root, install the driver and make the XF86Config-4 changes... Any progress this far? When I tried it, it failed while trying to compile the nvidia kernel... __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] NVidia driver instalation + uninstalling modules
On Thursday 19 August 2004 06:49 am, RAT wrote: I have NVidia GForce FX graphical card. I've downloaded drivers from NVidia.com and I tried to install them in text console. There was one conflict with rivafb driver but otherwise it was successfull .. but OpenGL supporst doesn't work. I tried to find the rivafb module but I have no clue how to uninstall module from kernel. Did you remember to edit the XF86Config-4 file in /etc/X11 to change the driver in X from nv to nvidia? From within X, open up a konsole window and type in lsmod and then try to see if you have the nvidia module loaded. If you do not, then you have not properly installed the nvidia driver. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] NVidia driver instalation + uninstalling modules
-Original Message- From: RAT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] NVidia driver instalation + uninstalling modules I have NVidia GForce FX graphical card. I've downloaded drivers from NVidia.com and I tried to install them in text console. There was one conflict with rivafb driver but otherwise it was successfull .. but OpenGL supporst doesn't work. I tried to find the rivafb module but I have no clue how to uninstall module from kernel. = I had the same problem with the 15mdk kernel. Since I couldn't get it to work, and it didn't happen under the 13mdk kernel, I just reverted back to 13... I'd be interested if you find a fix! And yes, btw, I did make sure the nvidia line was in the XF86Config-4 file... ___ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
