<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your reply. To make things more readable, I put my comments in <STRONG><FONT color=#008000>bold </FONT></STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT color=#008000><STRONG>green</STRONG></FONT> </FONT>below.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>---- Original Message ----- </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Rick Stevens" <</FONT><A href="mailto:rstevens@vitalstream.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>rstevens@vitalstream.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Getting started with Red Hat Linux" <</FONT><A href="mailto:redhat-install-list@redhat.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>redhat-install-list@redhat.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:27 PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: Installing nVidia for AMD64/EM64T cards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Michael Velez wrote:<BR>>> Hello all,<BR>> <BR>> Hi, yourself!<BR>> <BR>>> I just installed RHEL 3 WS on a Dell Precision 370n Workstation with <BR>>> EM64T architecture.<BR>> <BR>> Okey doke. Never used that particular combo, but OK.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><BR>> <STRONG><FONT color=#008000>Yikes! This is scary. I just started a business on my own at home and am in the research phase now where I need the Linux box. Why is this particular combination not a good one? I was working for a bank for a while and left IT a long time ago and am only coming back now.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008000></FONT></STRONG><BR>>> I am now trying to install an nvidia NVS800 graphics card using the <BR>>> Linux drivers nvidia offers on their download page.<BR>>> <BR>>> I have updated my XF86Config file with driver nvidia and have verified <BR>>> the appropriate modules are being loaded.<BR>>> <BR>>> However, X hangs when I try to start by initing to Level 5.<BR>> <BR>> Uh, what's the last thing in the /var/log/XFree86.log file?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>><STRONG><FONT color=#008000> I have attached the log file to this e-mail. There were some keyboard errors at the end; however, I'm assuming that has nothing to do with the graphics card. And the same X setup functioned with VESA driver</FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><BR>>> Does anybody know what’s going on? This is my first Linux distro after <BR>>> being on the business side of things. The last time I administered a <BR>>> UNIX box was over 10 years ago.<BR>>> <BR>>> I would appreciate any help you could offer.<BR>>> <BR>>> I started looking at the Xconfig file and log. The Xconfig file is <BR>>> loading ‘fbdevhw’. Is that the same as rivafb, which I’m told should <BR>>> not be loaded when the nvidia driver is used.<BR>> <BR>> No, the "fbdevhw" is the hardware frame buffer. It's fairly generic.<BR>> I don't think it conflicts with the nvidia driver. Understand that<BR>> anything I suggest is also generic as I generally use ATI cards myself<BR>> (although _this_ machine has an old Nvidia RIVA TNT2 in it).</DIV> <DIV><BR>> <STRONG><FONT color=#008000>Thx</FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008000></FONT></STRONG> <DIV><BR>>> The Xconfig log said there was a failure reading EDID parameters for <BR>>> display device CRT-0. Is that a problem?<BR>> <BR>> It could be. If the message is prefixed by "(EE)", yes it's an error<BR>> and could be fatal. If it has "(WW)", it's a warning and shouldn't<BR>> be fatal. The meaning of these flags is in the top of the log file,<BR>> prefixed by the word "Markers:".</DIV> <DIV><BR>> <STRONG><FONT color=#008000>Thx. The EDID issue is just a warning (WW), although above mentioned keyboard issues are (EE)</FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008000></FONT></STRONG> <DIV><BR>> If you look through the log file, can you see the spot where it says<BR>> that the "nvidia" driver is loaded? Just after that, you should see<BR>> something to the effect:<BR>> "(--) Chipset (name-of-your-chipset) found"<BR>> <BR>> This simply verifies that your video card was indeed found. I'm just<BR>> trying to make sure that the driver you have is compatible with your<BR>> board (sometimes they aren't).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>> <STRONG><FONT color=#008000>After the </FONT></STRONG><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>(II) LoadModule: "nvidia" line, I have the following line:</FONT></STRONG><FONT color=#008000 size=2></DIV> <P><STRONG>(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found</STRONG></P> <DIV></FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>However, before the load module nvidia line, I found this:</FONT></STRONG><FONT size=2></DIV> <P><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:</FONT></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)</FONT></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation unknown chipset (0x00fd) rev 162, Mem @ 0xdd000000/24, 0xc0000000/28, 0xde000000/24, BIOS @ 0xdfe00000/17I </FONT></STRONG></P> <DIV></FONT><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>I do not call nvidia anywhere else in the config file and have attached it as well.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008000></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>Thanks for the help,</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>Michael</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer </FONT><A href="mailto:rstevens@vitalstream.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>rstevens@vitalstream.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> -<BR>> - VitalStream, Inc. </FONT><A href="http://www.vitalstream.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.vitalstream.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> -<BR>> - -<BR>> - ...Had this been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror -<BR>> - and you'd be on your own, pal! -<BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Redhat-install-list mailing list<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:Redhat-install-list@redhat.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Redhat-install-list@redhat.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT><A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list"><FONT face=Arial size=2>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to:<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:redhat-install-list-request@redhat.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>redhat-install-list-request@redhat.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Subject: unsubscribe<BR>></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>