[newbie] Nvidia drivers and Mandrake 8.2
Hi everybody, When using Mandrake 8.1 I was able to install and use the Nvidia drivers from NVidia site for my GeForce2 GTS using the usual method explainded in the Nvidia README file: - Downloading the source files. - Compilling and installing: $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz $ cd NVIDIA_kernel $ make install $ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX $ make install - And modifying the X config file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 with: Device section and replace the line: Driver nv with Driver nvidia In the Module section, make sure you have: Load glx You should also remove the following lines: Load dri Load GLcore if they exist. I recently installed Madrake 8.2 and this method didn't worked for me. All these steps worked fine with no error messages. I restarted the X (via the Control + Alt + Backspace keys) and the nvidia screen was displayed before the X restarted. After this the X started and worked fine. So the nvidia driver worked. The proble is when rebooting the computer: The X was not unable to start. Does anyone knows how to solve this problem??? Thanks! Gregorio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers and Mandrake 8.2
I had the same issue. After alittle searching on the net. I found this answer and it worked for me. For the folks having issues with the module not inserting. If so, can you change /etc/modules.conf to read /dev/nvidia* instead of /dev/nvidia/*? - Original Message - From: Gregorio Pérez Aguilera [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: [newbie] Nvidia drivers and Mandrake 8.2 Hi everybody, When using Mandrake 8.1 I was able to install and use the Nvidia drivers from NVidia site for my GeForce2 GTS using the usual method explainded in the Nvidia README file: - Downloading the source files. - Compilling and installing: $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_kernel.tar.gz $ tar xvzf NVIDIA_GLX.tar.gz $ cd NVIDIA_kernel $ make install $ cd ../NVIDIA_GLX $ make install - And modifying the X config file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 with: Device section and replace the line: Driver nv with Driver nvidia In the Module section, make sure you have: Load glx You should also remove the following lines: Load dri Load GLcore if they exist. I recently installed Madrake 8.2 and this method didn't worked for me. All these steps worked fine with no error messages. I restarted the X (via the Control + Alt + Backspace keys) and the nvidia screen was displayed before the X restarted. After this the X started and worked fine. So the nvidia driver worked. The proble is when rebooting the computer: The X was not unable to start. Does anyone knows how to solve this problem??? Thanks! Gregorio 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 drivers and Mandrake 8.2
On Saturday 23 March 2002 07:48 am, you wrote: Hi everybody, When using Mandrake 8.1 I was able to install and use the Nvidia drivers snipped The proble is when rebooting the computer: The X was not unable to start. Does anyone knows how to solve this problem??? Thanks! Gregorio when it falls back to console, so a lsmod and see if NVdriver is loaded. If not, modprobe NVdriver as root. Then startx as user. If that's it, put: NVdriver in your /etc/modules file. if this don't do it for you, let us know. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
