[newbie] X, nVidia problems ...

2002-10-17 Thread Rainer
hello, tried to install some new nvid drivers for man 8.2, went to nvidia, matched the kernel and glx (3XXX) versions. the kernel installed fine, but the glx didn't want to. used the '-e' option outlined in the nvid read me and it installed but now X won't start at boot up! since i'm no expert on

Re: [newbie] X, nVidia problems ...

2002-10-17 Thread bascule
is this the first time for installing nvidia drivers? if so then you need to edit /etc/X11/XF86config-4 and find nv in the driver section and change it to nvidia also make sure load glx is added after the freetype reference in the modules section if not then you know this:-) bascule On Thursday

Re: [newbie] X, nVidia problems ...

2002-10-17 Thread Bart Salien
Op Thursday 17 October 2002 20:01, schreef u: Mine worked after first erasing the old GLX files and afterwards installing the new nvidia GLX rpm . Also don't forget to change some setting in your XF86Config-4 (see nvidia docs). hello, tried to install some new nvid drivers for man 8.2, went

Re: [newbie] X, nVidia problems ...

2002-10-17 Thread Robert Beach
On Thursday 17 October 2002 03:03 pm, Bart Salien wrote: Op Thursday 17 October 2002 20:01, schreef u: Not Quite on the subject but pretty close. I have 9.0 installed and my GForce 4 is using the generic Nvidia driver right now. All I found at the nvidia site was for 8.2. I'm probably