Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-25 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:50:02 -0700 jdow wrote: > Reindl, the solution to Linux problems should not including spending a lot > of money on new hardware. No wonder Linux is not the leading desktop OS. Wrong list. You need to discuss that with Nvidia. It's not our choice that Nvidia and some other

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-24 Thread Ian Malone
On 24 March 2012 11:14, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 24.03.2012 11:58, schrieb Ian Malone: >> Exhibit B: >>> seems you do not realize that Linux is these days >>> the OS supporting most hardware of all out of the >>> box and you must do something terrible wrong buy >>> unsupported hardware >>> >>

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 24.03.2012 11:58, schrieb Ian Malone: > Exhibit B: >> seems you do not realize that Linux is these days >> the OS supporting most hardware of all out of the >> box and you must do something terrible wrong buy >> unsupported hardware >> > Like buy graphics cards from one of the major manufactur

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-24 Thread Ian Malone
On 23 March 2012 22:25, Reindl Harald wrote: Exhibit A: > the other OSs just work? > who told you? > > they only do because the manufactoror put a driver > CD in the package or the OS is preinstalled Exhibit B: > seems you do not realize that Linux is these days > the OS supporting most hardware

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 24.03.2012 00:32, schrieb jdow: > The drivers generally exist for MacOS and Windows. So installation is no big > sweat and avoids esoterica such as trying to figure out how to use a mother- > board raid 5 configuration under Linux. why are you doing things permanently wrong instead read manua

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread jdow
On 2012/03/23 15:42, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/23/2012 03:25 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: the other OSs just work? who told you? My sister's computer has an nVidia card, but she uses Ubuntu, not Fedora. Every time she reboots after a kernel update, she's prompted by the Package Updater to re-install t

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread jdow
On 2012/03/23 15:30, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 23.03.2012 23:26, schrieb Joe Zeff: On 03/23/2012 02:54 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: "a lot of money" is laughable speaking about a graphics card most of us on this list are running Fedora strictly on our home machines, not in a production environmen

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread jdow
The drivers generally exist for MacOS and Windows. So installation is no big sweat and avoids esoterica such as trying to figure out how to use a mother- board raid 5 configuration under Linux. (I've done it. It took a lot of reading and a basic understanding of RAID. For Windows - it just works i

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 03/23/2012 05:08 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 03/23/2012 03:58 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: if people do not buy crap needing closed surce drivers they would too have no problems Unless I miss my guess, the main reason people are using older hardware is because they've been using it for years and

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/23/2012 03:58 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: if people do not buy crap needing closed surce drivers they would too have no problems Unless I miss my guess, the main reason people are using older hardware is because they've been using it for years and aren't in a position to upgrade. There's

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 23.03.2012 23:42, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 03/23/2012 03:25 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> the other OSs just work? >> who told you? > > My sister's computer has an nVidia card, but she uses Ubuntu, not Fedora. > Every time she reboots after a kernel > update, she's prompted by the Package Updat

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/23/2012 03:30 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: don't get me wrong but if someones life depends on the money a working graphis card these days will cost he has enough other problems than a computer and solve them first And sometimes, keeping an older computer limping along until you have the mone

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/23/2012 03:25 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: the other OSs just work? who told you? My sister's computer has an nVidia card, but she uses Ubuntu, not Fedora. Every time she reboots after a kernel update, she's prompted by the Package Updater to re-install the binary blob. She clicks OK, it

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 23.03.2012 23:26, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 03/23/2012 02:54 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> "a lot of money" is laughable speaking about >> a graphics card > > most of us on this list are running Fedora strictly on our home machines, > not in a production environment the way you do, and that means

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/23/2012 02:54 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: "a lot of money" is laughable speaking about a graphics card When you're barely making enough money to pay the bills and put food on the table, any money spent on a new graphics card is too much. I know; I've been there more than once over the las

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Reindl Harald
the other OSs just work? who told you? they only do because the manufactoror put a driver CD in the package or the OS is preinstalled install windows without additional drivers on a brand new Sandy Brdige machine and i bet half of the hardware will not work - install linux and ALL hardware is wor

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread jdow
When you are on social security with "unpopular" or "orphan" disabilities and a mortgage to meet even $25 is a big lump to have to pay. You're presuming too much of your peers here. Help is getting something working not telling somebody to throw it all away and start over unless that really is th

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Reindl Harald
who cares the leading desktop OS i PRAY it will never be, there were made way too much mistakes to satisfy user who are not willing to learn and think what they are doing if you buy hardware which is not supported by your OS who the hell is resposible for your mistakes? "a lot of money" is laugh

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread jdow
Reindl, the solution to Linux problems should not including spending a lot of money on new hardware. No wonder Linux is not the leading desktop OS. {o.o} On 2012/03/23 07:43, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 23.03.2012 15:40, schrieb Lawrence Graves: I don't know what happened but I am now unable to

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Alan Cox
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:40:26 -0600 Lawrence Graves wrote: > I don't know what happened but I am now unable to install nvidia drivers > downloaded from nvidia.com. Had no problem until the latest kernel was > introduced. Please advise or help. You need to ask Nvidia, it's their driver and only

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/23/2012 07:43 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: get rid of nvidia graphics Sure; glad to, provided that you're going to buy me the new card. It's always easy, isn't it, to throw somebody else's money at a problem. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subs

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 03/23/2012 09:40 AM, John Wendel wrote: On 03/23/2012 08:31 AM, John Horne wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 08:47 -0600, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 03/23/2012 08:43 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 23.03.2012 15:40, schrieb Lawrence Graves: I don't know what happened but I am now unable to install

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Lawrence Graves wrote: I agree, I believe it is time for me to scrap my Dell 9400 Inspiron with its FX2500m The FX series chips are not supported by the 295.33 driver. You have to use the legacy driver, which has not been updated for kernel 3.3 AFAIK. I'm using the 295.33 driver with my 9000

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread John Wendel
On 03/23/2012 08:31 AM, John Horne wrote: On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 08:47 -0600, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 03/23/2012 08:43 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 23.03.2012 15:40, schrieb Lawrence Graves: I don't know what happened but I am now unable to install nvidia drivers downloaded from nvidia.com.

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread John Horne
On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 08:47 -0600, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 03/23/2012 08:43 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > > Am 23.03.2012 15:40, schrieb Lawrence Graves: > > > I don't know what happened but I am now unable to install nvidia drivers > > > downloaded from nvidia.com. Had no problem > >

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 03/23/2012 08:43 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 23.03.2012 15:40, schrieb Lawrence Graves: I don't know what happened but I am now unable to install nvidia drivers downloaded from nvidia.com. Had no problem until the latest kernel was introduced. Please advise or help. in other words this h

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 23.03.2012 15:40, schrieb Lawrence Graves: > I don't know what happened but I am now unable to install nvidia drivers > downloaded from nvidia.com. Had no problem > until the latest kernel was introduced. Please advise or help. in other words this happens since update to kernel 3.3 well, i g

Can't install nvidia drivers at runlevel3

2012-03-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
I don't know what happened but I am now unable to install nvidia drivers downloaded from nvidia.com. Had no problem until the latest kernel was introduced. Please advise or help. -- Lawrence Graves All things are workable but don't all things work. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraprojec

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-20 Thread Kevin Martin
kernel, until the new driver arrives. Best, :-) Marko > Darn, I missed the bugreport on downgrading to the 280 version, that would > have made the time spent *hours* less. In any case, he's > working now and we discussed going forward when a new driver comes out. > While I tend to agree wi

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-20 Thread Kevin Martin
On 12/19/2011 08:01 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Monday 19 December 2011 18:32:56 Kevin Martin wrote: >>> From the driver page on the nVidia website for your laptop video card: >>> Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver >>> Version: 290.10 >> So after working on this all afternoon with Lawrenc

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-20 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/20/2011 12:41 AM, Ian Malone wrote: On 20 December 2011 00:32, Kevin Martin wrote: So after working on this all afternoon with Lawrence, it turned out that we needed to fall back to the 280.13 version of the nVidia akmod from F15 to get it to work. With the 290.10 and the 285.05.09

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-19 Thread Ian Malone
On 20 December 2011 00:32, Kevin Martin wrote: > > So after working on this all afternoon with Lawrence, it turned out that we > needed to fall back to the 280.13 version of the nVidia > akmod from F15 to get it to work.  With the 290.10 and the 285.05.09 we kept > seeing this in the Xorg.5.lo

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-19 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Monday 19 December 2011 18:32:56 Kevin Martin wrote: > > From the driver page on the nVidia website for your laptop video card: > > Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver > > Version: 290.10 > > So after working on this all afternoon with Lawrence, it turned out that we > needed to fall back to

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-19 Thread Kevin Martin
-- >> Lawrence Graves All things are workable but don't all things work. >> >> > > sometimes, we second-guess ourselves - I just wanted to be sure you'd picked > the correct nVidia driver to try to install, and upon > checking, you have been trying to install the 290 which is correct: > > From th

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-17 Thread Kevin Martin
On 12/16/2011 04:40 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/16/2011 02:22 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: >> Sorry sir did not mean to afiend anyone. > > It's not a matter of offense. This list is public and I don't think you want > to be telling everybody on it how to connect to your > computer. Yep, I agree.

Re: problem with Gmane (was: Can't install nvidia drivers)

2011-12-16 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
roblem is actually with the Fedora mailing list archive, because your message came through fine in my e-mail inbox. -T.C. -- Forwarded message -- From: Andre Robatino Date: Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:19 PM Subject: Can't install nvidia drivers To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Law

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers thread

2011-12-16 Thread lgrave...@gmail.com
No. None of it makes sense. I have been saying that all the time. Sent from my LG phone Pete Travis wrote: >On Dec 16, 2011 4:30 PM, "Lawrence Graves" wrote: >> >> Find posted below and copy of xorg.conf.log 1 >> >> X.Org X Server 1.11.2 >> Release Date: 2011-11-04 >> [38.024] X Protocol Ve

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers thread

2011-12-16 Thread Pete Travis
On Dec 16, 2011 4:30 PM, "Lawrence Graves" wrote: > > Find posted below and copy of xorg.conf.log 1 > > X.Org X Server 1.11.2 > Release Date: 2011-11-04 > [38.024] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > [38.024] Build Operating System: x86-12 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 > [38.024] Current

Can't install nvidia drivers thread

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
Find posted below and copy of xorg.conf.log 1 X.Org X Server 1.11.2 Release Date: 2011-11-04 [38.024] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [38.024] Build Operating System: x86-12 2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64 [38.024] Current Operating System: Linux JesusChrist.localdomain 3.1.5-2.fc16.x86

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/16/2011 02:22 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Sorry sir did not mean to afiend anyone. It's not a matter of offense. This list is public and I don't think you want to be telling everybody on it how to connect to your computer. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscri

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 03:00 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 12/16/2011 01:33 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I will be available after 1:00 pm. I have a Netgear WNDR3700 dual router with a guest access capability if that will help. You will have to instruct me as to how to make it work. It will be a lesson for me a

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Charlie McVeigh
On Fri, 2011-12-16 at 20:19 +, Andre Robatino wrote: > Lawrence Graves gmail.com> writes: > > > From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia > > drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is > > nothing wrong with my monitor. What I see ha

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/16/2011 01:33 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I will be available after 1:00 pm. I have a Netgear WNDR3700 dual router with a guest access capability if that will help. You will have to instruct me as to how to make it work. It will be a lesson for me and thank again for your concern in this str

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 02:01 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: On 12/16/2011 02:31 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 12/16/2011 01:19 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: Lawrence Graves gmail.com> writes: From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia drivers and there is nothing wrong wi

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Kevin Martin
On 12/16/2011 02:31 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 12/16/2011 01:19 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: >> Lawrence Graves gmail.com> writes: >> >>> From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia >>> drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is >>>

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Claude Jones
On 12/16/2011 3:49 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 12/16/2011 01:37 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 12/16/2011 03:29 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Thank you. My system is up to date. please post the results of this command: lspci | grep nVidia [root@JesusChrist ~]# lspci | grep nVidia 01:00.0 VGA co

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 01:50 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 12/16/2011 3:42 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 12/16/2011 01:37 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 12/16/2011 03:29 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Thank you. My system is up to date. please post the results of this command: lspci | grep nVidia There wer

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Claude Jones
On 12/16/2011 3:42 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 12/16/2011 01:37 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 12/16/2011 03:29 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Thank you. My system is up to date. please post the results of this command: lspci | grep nVidia There were no results. I am using the nouveau drivers be

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 01:37 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 12/16/2011 03:29 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Thank you. My system is up to date. please post the results of this command: lspci | grep nVidia [root@JesusChrist ~]# lspci | grep nVidia 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [Qu

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 01:37 PM, Claude Jones wrote: On 12/16/2011 03:29 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Thank you. My system is up to date. please post the results of this command: lspci | grep nVidia There were no results. I am using the nouveau drivers because I am not having any success with the inst

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Claude Jones
On 12/16/2011 03:29 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Thank you. My system is up to date. please post the results of this command: lspci | grep nVidia -- Claude Jones Brunswick, MD, USA -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fed

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 01:19 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: Lawrence Graves gmail.com> writes: From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is nothing wrong with my monitor. What I see happening is after

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 01:19 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: Lawrence Graves gmail.com> writes: From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is nothing wrong with my monitor. What I see happening is after

problem with Gmane (was: Can't install nvidia drivers)

2011-12-16 Thread Andre Robatino
My previous reply looks fine on Gmane, which I used to post it, but on the mailing list archive itself https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2011-December/410150.html my reply does not appear. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription

Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Andre Robatino
Lawrence Graves gmail.com> writes: > From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia > drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is > nothing wrong with my monitor. What I see happening is after > installing the nvidia drivers, there is no i

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread linux guy
Good work, Kevin. I'll leave you lead for a bit. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: h

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Kevin Martin
On 12/16/2011 10:35 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 12/16/2011 09:27 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am 16.12.2011 17:23, schrieb Lawrence Graves: >>> On 12/16/2011 09:17 AM, linux guy wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > On 12/16/2011 08:52 AM, linux g

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread linux guy
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > Linux guy: > Yes.  After I doing all you have ask me to do, I am still not able to get > the nvidia drivers to work. Could I send you a picture of my screen to your > private email address as it will be to large to send to this email addres

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 16.12.2011 17:35, schrieb Lawrence Graves: >> jesus christ you have to explain "I did a runlevel drop to 3 now I can't >> get rpm -qa | grep nvidia* to work." first because it seems you are >> doing randomly things without understanding what they are supposed to do >> >> you have to make sure

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 09:27 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 16.12.2011 17:23, schrieb Lawrence Graves: On 12/16/2011 09:17 AM, linux guy wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 12/16/2011 08:52 AM, linux guy wrote: The above assuming you are running F16... I haven't follow

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 16.12.2011 17:23, schrieb Lawrence Graves: > > > On 12/16/2011 09:17 AM, linux guy wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: >>> >>> On 12/16/2011 08:52 AM, linux guy wrote: >>> >>> The above assuming you are running F16... I haven't followed your >>> thread closely

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 09:17 AM, linux guy wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 12/16/2011 08:52 AM, linux guy wrote: The above assuming you are running F16... I haven't followed your thread closely. Sorry. Yes. I can not get a graphical screen back once I install nvi

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread linux guy
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 12/16/2011 08:52 AM, linux guy wrote: > > The above assuming you are running F16... I haven't followed your > thread closely. Sorry. > > Yes. I can not get a graphical screen back once I install nvidia drivers so > I am unable to g

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers still

2011-12-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 16.12.2011 17:07, schrieb Lawrence Graves: >> FWIW, you *could*, as root, drop to runlevel 3, rmmod the nouveau drivers, >> do a "akmods --force" and have the >> kmod-nvidia driver built, then do an lsmod | grep nvidia and see if the >> nvidia driver was modprobed (I think the >> akmods buil

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers still

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 08:58 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: On 12/16/2011 07:17 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 12/16/2011 06:12 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I am the same guy who is still struggling with the installation of nvidia drivers. Done a nvidia-xconfig after installing akmod-nvidia and not rebooti

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 09:03 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: On 12/16/2011 09:59 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 12/16/2011 08:52 AM, linux guy wrote: The above assuming you are running F16... I haven't followed your thread closely. Sorry. Yes. I can not get a graphical screen back once I install nvidia

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Kevin Martin
On 12/16/2011 09:59 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 12/16/2011 08:52 AM, linux guy wrote: >> The above assuming you are running F16... I haven't followed your >> thread closely. Sorry. > Yes. I can not get a graphical screen back once I install nvidia drivers so I > am unable to give you a

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 08:52 AM, linux guy wrote: The above assuming you are running F16... I haven't followed your thread closely. Sorry. Yes. I can not get a graphical screen back once I install nvidia drivers so I am unable to give you anymore information. -- Lawrence Graves All things are workab

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers still

2011-12-16 Thread Kevin Martin
On 12/16/2011 07:17 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 12/16/2011 06:12 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: >> I am the same guy who is still struggling with the installation of nvidia >> drivers. Done a nvidia-xconfig after installing >> akmod-nvidia and not rebooting. Below find the read-out. Pray thi

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Kevin Martin
On 12/16/2011 09:46 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 12/16/2011 08:30 AM, linux guy wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: >>> Gentlemen: >>> I did this twice with no results. This was not the first time I have tried >>> this. I just being obedient. >> I don't doubt

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread linux guy
The above assuming you are running F16... I haven't followed your thread closely. Sorry. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_lis

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread linux guy
> [root@JesusChrist ~]# \*nvidia\* > bash: nvidiaisbroken.te: command not found... That command should have been "yum list installed \*nvidia\*. > [root@JesusChrist ~]# lsmod | grep nouveau > nouveau   754554  3 > ttm    61533  1 nouveau > drm_kms_helper 30277 

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 08:30 AM, linux guy wrote: make that yum list installed \*nvidia\* [root@JesusChrist ~]# yum list installed \*nvidia\* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * fedora: mirrors.xmission.com * rpmfusion-free

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 08:30 AM, linux guy wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Gentlemen: I did this twice with no results. This was not the first time I have tried this. I just being obedient. I don't doubt you, but please copy and paste your command line session here for

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread linux guy
make that yum list installed \*nvidia\* -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread linux guy
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > Gentlemen: > I did this twice with no results. This was not the first time I have tried > this. I just being obedient. I don't doubt you, but please copy and paste your command line session here for us to see. Also, please yum list \*nv

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 08:00 AM, linux guy wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Brian Millett wrote: I've found that if you follow closely the following instructions, it will work http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752 I followed the same instructions and they work well. Gentlemen

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread linux guy
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Brian Millett wrote: > > I've found that if you follow closely the following instructions, it will work > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752 I followed the same instructions and they work well. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Brian Millett
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:51:10 -0700 Lawrence Graves wrote: > From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia > drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is > nothing wrong with my monitor. What I see happening is after installing > the nvidia drivers, th

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 06:56 AM, Rich Boyce wrote: On 16/12/11 13:51, Lawrence Graves wrote: From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is nothing wrong with my monitor. What I see happening is after installing the

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Rich Boyce
On 16/12/11 13:51, Lawrence Graves wrote: From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is nothing wrong with my monitor. What I see happening is after installing the nvidia drivers, there is no instructions give

Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
From what I am observing, there is nothing wrong with the nvidia drivers and there is nothing wrong with my nvidia card and there is nothing wrong with my monitor. What I see happening is after installing the nvidia drivers, there is no instructions given to install the nvidia drivers. It is no

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers still

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 06:15 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 16.12.2011 14:12, schrieb Lawrence Graves: I am the same guy who is still struggling with the installation of nvidia drivers. Done a nvidia-xconfig after installing akmod-nvidia and not rebooting. how should i imagine installing a package whic

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers still

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 12/16/2011 06:12 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: I am the same guy who is still struggling with the installation of nvidia drivers. Done a nvidia-xconfig after installing akmod-nvidia and not rebooting. Below find the read-out. Pray this will help someone to aid in the problem of not being able

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers still

2011-12-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 16.12.2011 14:12, schrieb Lawrence Graves: > I am the same guy who is still struggling with the installation of nvidia > drivers. > Done a nvidia-xconfig after installing akmod-nvidia and not rebooting. how should i imagine installing a package which builds kernel-modules while boot and yo

Can't install nvidia drivers still

2011-12-16 Thread Lawrence Graves
I am the same guy who is still struggling with the installation of nvidia drivers. Done a nvidia-xconfig after installing akmod-nvidia and not rebooting. Below find the read-out. Pray this will help someone to aid in the problem of not being able to install my nvidia drivers. Thanks in advance.

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-24 Thread Ian Malone
On 24 November 2011 01:34, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/23/2011 05:18 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: >> That's what I've been saying all the time. I did know it was not the >> nvidia drivers. If I am not mistaken, this is a firmware problem with my >> wifi card. That being said, where is the fix for this p

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/23/2011 08:35 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > I appreciate you comments but I have sent 3 or 4 bug references along > with pictures and error messages received and have not heard anything > concerning this matter. If can get one filed, it would be appreciated. > I may not know how to do it so a

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 11/23/2011 06:34 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 11/23/2011 05:18 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: That's what I've been saying all the time. I did know it was not the nvidia drivers. If I am not mistaken, this is a firmware problem with my wifi card. That being said, where is the fix for this problem. Wh

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/23/2011 05:18 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > That's what I've been saying all the time. I did know it was not the > nvidia drivers. If I am not mistaken, this is a firmware problem with my > wifi card. That being said, where is the fix for this problem. What > direction do I go to find the fix

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 11/23/2011 03:47 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 23.11.2011 23:38, schrieb Lawrence Graves: On 11/23/2011 03:24 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: On 11/23/2011 09:20 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Then what do you suggest I do to get my nvidia dri

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 23.11.2011 23:38, schrieb Lawrence Graves: > > > On 11/23/2011 03:24 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: On 11/23/2011 09:20 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: >> Then what do you suggest I do to get my nvidia drivers installed. >>> You ref

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 11/23/2011 03:24 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: On 11/23/2011 09:20 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Then what do you suggest I do to get my nvidia drivers installed. You refer to kmod's and akmod version drivers. Have you tried building your ow

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Richard Shaw
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote: > >> On 11/23/2011 09:20 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > >>>  Then what do you suggest I do to get my nvidia drivers installed. > > You refer to kmod's and akmod version drivers. Have you tried building > your own from the bin file? > > Add

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread R. G. Newbury
> On 11/23/2011 09:20 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: >>> Then what do you suggest I do to get my nvidia drivers installed. You refer to kmod's and akmod version drivers. Have you tried building your own from the bin file? Add rdblacklist=nouveau to the kernel line in your grub conf file Cha

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-11-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 11/23/2011 08:34 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: On 11/23/2011 09:12 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: Aggregation not enabled for tid 0 Seems like this bugzilla talks about this problem from as far back as January of this year (and a new bugzilla appears to have been opened; see the last post): https

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-11-23 Thread Kevin Martin
On 11/23/2011 09:12 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > Aggregation not enabled for tid 0 Seems like this bugzilla talks about this problem from as far back as January of this year (and a new bugzilla appears to have been opened; see the last post): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648732

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Kevin Martin
On 11/23/2011 09:20 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 11/23/2011 08:09 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: >> >> >> On 11/23/2011 08:51 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 11/23/2011 07:36 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: 11/23/2011 01:02 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/22/2011 07:59 PM, Christopher A. W

Re: Can't install nvidia drivers on Laptop

2011-11-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
On 11/23/2011 08:09 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: On 11/23/2011 08:51 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: On 11/23/2011 07:36 AM, Kevin Martin wrote: 11/23/2011 01:02 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 11/22/2011 07:59 PM, Christopher A. Williams wrote: ...Actually, I know Larewnce. He's using the kmod-nvidia and

Can't install nvidia drivers

2011-11-23 Thread Lawrence Graves
They nvidia drivers are fine. This is the error message received after attempting to install them. iwl4965 :0c:00.0: Aggregation not enabled for tid 0 because load = 1. What ever this means is the problem I am having with the install. Solve this mystery and the installation will go smooth.

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