Re: [vox-tech] X server help

On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 03:42:21PM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > > > > Have you installed the kernel headers rpm for 2.4.18-24.8.0 ? > > > > Try that and rebuild. > > > I was able to get the kernel source installed for the version of the > kernel that I am using. I checked lsmod and the nvidia

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

> > OK I think I may be understanding something but don't know how to fix > > it. modprobe can't locate my module nvidia.o so it is not getting > > installed. I think the reason is that the file is being put in the > > directory > > > > /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o > > >

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

> > OK I think I may be understanding something but don't know how to fix > > it. modprobe can't locate my module nvidia.o so it is not getting > > installed. I think the reason is that the file is being put in the > > directory > > > > /lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o > > >

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 03:56:04PM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > OK I think I may be understanding something but don't know how to fix > it. modprobe can't locate my module nvidia.o so it is not getting > installed. I think the reason is that the file is being put in the > directory > > /lib

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

again and install again? Thanks, Jennifer - Original Message - From: "Troy Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] X server help > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:34:41PM -0800, Jennifer Stic

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:19:42PM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > > Hmm. You might try grabbing the src rpm for glx and --rebuild that as > well. > > > rpm> > > > > If you have the 'wget' command, you can use it from the

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

> > > > If I use "nvidia" as the driver, it won't initialize my card. The > > > > NVIDIA site say to call it "nv". That seems to work for > > > > initializing the card. > > > > > > 'nv' is the nvidia driver that comes with the kernel. The packages > > > from nvidia.com install the "nvidia" driver.

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:34:41PM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:03:10AM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > > > If I use "nvidia" as the driver, it won't initialize my card. The > > > NVIDIA site say to call it "nv". That seems to work for > > > initializing the c

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 12:34:41PM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > > Try this: > > ldd `which glxgears` > > That command didn't work for me. I get the message > ldd: ./which glxgears: No such file or directory the quotes to use are backquotes... same as on the '~' key... try those. you could

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

- Original Message - From: "Troy Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] X server help > On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:03:10AM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > > If I use &

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:03:10AM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > If I use "nvidia" as the driver, it won't initialize my card. The > NVIDIA site say to call it "nv". That seems to work for initializing > the card. 'nv' is the nvidia driver that comes with the kernel. The packages from nvidia.

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

" commented out and don't have the GLcore line. I also have the line Load"glx" _not_ commented out. Thanks, Jennifer - Original Message - From: "Troy Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:11 PM

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

rly up until it says (II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extension. Then I get the error above and X server stops. Any thoughts? Jennifer - Original Message - From: "Jeff DeFay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [vox-te

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 01:06:53PM -0800, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > Thanks for the help. I am getting closer now I think. I got the > drivers from NVIDIA and installed them as mentioned on the website. Now > when I try 'startx' I get the error > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

roperly up until it says (II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extension. Then I get the error above and X server stops. Any thoughts? Jennifer - Original Message - From: "Jeff DeFay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:48 PM Subject: Re

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

I have a RH8.0 machine with a graphics card using a newer NVIDIA chip and also have had problems with X with each kernel upgrade; the secret is that NVIDIA has their own drivers. I'm at the 2.4.18-24.8.0 kernel and had to use the NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.src.rpm & NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm driv

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

hi jennifer, sorry your X stopped working. that blows. before saying anything, let me just give some advice for the future. unless your video card is supremely new, you'll never need to update the kernel to get X working. and then, only if your card provides hardware accelerated graphics funct

Re: [vox-tech] X server help

You could probably force a reinstall of the associated Red Hat RPMs. What was the problem with those? -- Rod On Monday 10 February 2003 02:53 pm, Jennifer Stickel wrote: > Hi all, > I am having technical difficulties with XFree86. A while back, I > tried to update my video drivers. It work

[vox-tech] X server help

Hi all, I am having technical difficulties with XFree86. A while back, I tried to update my video drivers. It worked for the setup that I had but not with any of the update that came out (I am using RH 8.0). So recently I tried to get my video card to work with the newer kernel version avail