RE: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA

2003-06-02 Thread Jamie . Kerwick
May 2003 11:35 To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 20:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed the Geforce drivers from the Nvidia website, installed them as per instructions, including the modification of the XFreeConfig-4 file

RE: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA

2003-06-02 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 18:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have managed to get it working now. At first I tried 'depmod -a' -- no joy Then I checked the aliases that someone else had suggested -- no joy. I finally editted the /etc/modules file, adding the line 'nvidia' rebooted, and IT WORKED

Re: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA

2003-05-31 Thread magnet
On Friday 30 May 2003 12:02 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 20:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for this, I'll give this a go tonight. BTW What does depmod -a actually do ?? Thanks Jamie It should search for all modules specified in the /etc/modules.conf and make

[newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA

2003-05-30 Thread Jamie . Kerwick
I have installed the Geforce drivers from the Nvidia website, installed them as per instructions, including the modification of the XFreeConfig-4 file, changing nv to nvidia etc Now the problem I have is that I have my PC set to automatically boot to X, only it fails and drops me to a command

Re: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA

2003-05-30 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 20:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed the Geforce drivers from the Nvidia website, installed them as per instructions, including the modification of the XFreeConfig-4 file, changing nv to nvidia etc Now the problem I have is that I have my PC set to

RE: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA

2003-05-30 Thread Jamie . Kerwick
- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2003 11:35 To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 20:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed the Geforce drivers from the Nvidia website, installed them as per instructions

[newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA

2003-05-30 Thread Jamie . Kerwick
-Original Message- From: serge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 May 2003 11:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA On Friday 30 May 2003 13:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed the Geforce drivers from the Nvidia website, installed them as per

RE: [newbie] Wont boot to X with NVIDIA

2003-05-30 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 20:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for this, I'll give this a go tonight. BTW What does depmod -a actually do ?? Thanks Jamie It should search for all modules specified in the /etc/modules.conf and make sure they're set to link at startup. SHOULD...there are