<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.6389.0"> <TITLE>Kernel 2.4.22-1.2135.nptl and NVIDIA driver 5328</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I am having</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">problem getting the New</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">NVIDIA</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> 5328 drivers to work with Kernel 2.4.22-1.2135.nptl.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> When I type</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">startx</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> my screen just goes blank. I have a GeForce 2 card. Everything worked fine</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">with th</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">e 4496 drivers using the following procedure:</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">1</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">. Go to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-5328.html</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2. Download NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">5328</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">-pkg2.run</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">3. Boot system in text mode (edit /etc/inittab and set run level to 3)</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">3. type "export CC=gcc32"</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">4. type "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">5328</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">-pkg2.run"</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">5. Edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file as described in the readme file</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">6. Boot the system in Gui mode (edit /etc/inittab and set run level to 5)</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Doing a CTRL-ALT-Backspace to restore the console does not work. I have to do a CTRL-ATL-Del and reboot. Does anyone have any suggestions?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P> <BR> </BODY> </HTML>