On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 11:30, Marius Leahu wrote: > Hi > > I cannot start KDE in Red Hat 7.3 because of this error : > '(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel > module!' > > I have an Athlon XP 2100+ on a ABIT NV7m motherboard. This > motherboard has integrated a GeForce 2 GPU, NVIDIA nForce APU > and also a LAN adapter. Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 755DFX > with frequency domains: H: 30-85 KHz, V: 50-160 Hz. > XConfigurator recognize my video card as a GeForce 2 MX > (generic) and choose 'nv' as video driver. When I try to start > KDE, my computer get stucked, everything is freezing. I > installed the NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.rh73up.athlon.rpm, > NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-3123.i386.rpm and > NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0241.rh73up.athlon.rpm downloaded from > www.nvidia.com. The last rpm package is sound driver which is > working fine. With this video driver installed ( I strictly > followed instructions from nvidia 'readme' file), 'startx' > command finish with error: '(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to > initialize the NVdriver kernel module!' > > After that, I try 'vesa' driver which works only in certain > circumstancies, like: I run 'startx' with 'nvidia' driver, > crash, I change to 'vesa' driver and it wokrs. If I restart my > system and run 'startx' with 'vesa' driver, it crash saying > that it cannot init GL extension driver ! > > Could anybody help me with this ? >
When you install the NVidia driver it hides the standard glx drivers - uncomment the glx entries in XF86Config and it should work (BTW you may prefer using nv driver rather than vesa) > ---- > > Home, no matter how far... > http://www.home.ro > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert -- Linux, Gnome what more do you need http://www.redtux.demon.co.uk _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
