I spoke too soon about having Nvidia drivers working
I think I screwed something up yesterday.
After Tux Racer locked up, I re-read the docs for the Nvidia drivers and
went and modified the PAM security module (as suggested if OpenGL apps exit
with an error):
I disabled the security feature
Mr E,
I had the same problem when I edited the console.perm file.
The first thing I did was, (and this is experience from old
DOS files) was to comment out the line:
# dri.=/dev/dri/* /dev/nvidia*
When I rebooted, I too could not get X started...I kept
getting thrown back to console mode,
On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:46:29 -0600, Mr. E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Only slight problem.. when I finished a race in Tux Racer, the system
locked and wouldn't respond (tried Ctrl-Alt-F1, etc but no good)..
Ctrl-Alt-Delete didn't work either. I had to press Reset button.
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On Sun, 2001-11-25 at 10:53, Mr. E. wrote:
So, now I'm at square one... no nvidia drivers installed I'll try to
install the drivers again.
I figured something went wrong by me using the rpm drivers at first, then
trying the tar files, then modifying that console.perm file.. so I'll
Yeah,thanks from me, too.
I was having trouble with the Nvidia RPM's from the Mandrakeuser.org site.
I was able to install the rpm's. X would start. The Nvidia logo would
appear and I'd get to the KDE desktop. BUT, OpenGL wouldn't work.
1) I didn't know how to quit X. or boot up without X
