Hello,
I have checked lsmod,
I don't see any nvidia or NVdriver, whatsoever.
I have updated the Redhat to 2.4.18-24.8.0.
but there is no improvement yet.
How can I load nvidia module since there is no driver in the system?
I can see other drivers like riva, sis, matrox, aty under
/lib/modules/2.4.18-24.8.0/kernel/drivers/video/
I have downloaded
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm
NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.i386.rpm
It seems like those files do nothing for video driver.
Could you give me more specific advices instead of
a bunch of possibilities I may have like that.
I have video card:
"GeForce 2 GO" from NVIDIO
with 16MB video RAM on Dell Laptop Inspiron 2650.
I also tried some people suggested like:
modprobe NVdriver
modprobe nvidia
None of them work.
It simply give message like this:
modprobe: Can't locate module nvidia
Jason commented to check the directory
/lib/moduels/2.4.18-24.8.0/kernel/drivers/char/drm/
There is no such a module at all.
in my system I have these:
i810.o
i830.o
mga.o
r128.o
radeon.o
sis.o
tdfx.o
That's all.
Could you give me an yelling?
Thanks!
Joe Cho
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: Andy Ritger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 0:01 am
Subject: Re: RedHat 8.0(2.4.18-14) X Windows configuration problem.
>
> Greetings.
>
> Were there any problems when installing the NVIDIA_kernel rpm?
> Note that the NVIDIA_kernel rpm must match the version and
> configuration of the kernel you are using.
>
> Here is some more information, from the NVIDIA README:
>
> Q: My X server fails to start, and my XFree86 log file contains the
> error:
> "(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!"
>
> A: Nothing will work if the NVIDIA kernel module doesn't function
> properly. If you see anything in the X log file like "(EE)
> NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!" then
> there is
> most likely a problem with the NVIDIA kernel module. First, you
> should verify that if you installed from rpm that the rpm was built
> specifically for the kernel you are using. You should also check
> that the module is loaded ('/sbin/lsmod'); if it is not loaded try
> loading it explicitly with 'insmod' or 'modprobe' (be sure to
> exit the
> X server before installing a new kernel module). If you receive
> errors about unresolved symbols, then the kernel module has most
> likely been
> built using header files for a different kernel revision than what
> you are running. You can explicitly control what kernel header
> files are used by building the NVIDIA kernel module from the
> NVIDIA_kernel tar file with: 'make install
> SYSINCLUDE=/path/to/kernel/headers'.
> Please note that the convention for the location of kernel header
> files changed approximately at the time of the 2.4.0 kernel
> release, as did the location of kernel modules. If the kernel
> module fails to
> load properly, modprobe/insmod may be trying to load an older
> kernel module (assuming you've upgraded). cd'ing into the
> directory with
> the new kernel module and doing 'insmod ./nvidia.o' may help.
>
> Another cause may be that the /dev/nvidia* device files may be
> missing.
> Finally, the NVIDIA kernel module may print error messages
> indicating a problem -- to view these messages please check
> /var/log/messages, or
> wherever syslog is directed to place kernel messages. These
> messages are prepended with "NVRM".
>
>
> I hope that helps,
> - Andy Ritger
>
>
>
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Please be bear with me. below are NOT spam, or junk.
> > I just want to make my linux x-windows work.
> >
> > I have a question about my Laptop X Windows problem.
> > I have Dell Laptop Inspiron 2650
> > "NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go" video driver with 16 RAM(Video Ram).
> >
> > I have downloaded the driver which was required by
> > NVIDIA ( I have run the nvchooser.sh file
> > on the laptop to verify which file I need.
> >
> > I was told me that I need to download
> >
> > #./NVchooser.sh
> > Please download and install the following files:
> > NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up.i686.rpm
> > NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.i386.rpm
> >
> > For further installation directions, please see the README.
> >
> > when I installed two files,
> >
> > NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up_2.4.18_18.8.0.i686.rpm
> > NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.i386.rpm
> >
> > The reason I download the file
> > NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up_2.4.18.8.0.i686.rpm
> > instead of NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up.i686.rpm
> > was that I couldn't find the exact name on the web page
> > NVIDIA
> > http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4191
> >
> >
> > I installed these and ran startx,
> > I got this error like below on the screen without any x-window:
> >
> > "Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
> >
> > Module Loader present
> > OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-14
>
