NVIDIA graphic drivers problem solved

[Nils Breunese]

kristabs at os.lv wrote:

> Thanks to those who showed me the way to solve this problem. If maybe anybody
> else has and want to solve this problem i will post exect way to do that:
> Download latest NVIDIA graphic drivers at www.nvidia.com and patches at
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=42964
> 
> # sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg0.run --extract-only
> # cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-6629-pkg0
> # patch -p0 < /path/to/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-6629-1165235.diff.txt
> # patch -p0 < /path/to/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-6629-1171869.diff.txt
> # ./nvidia-installer
> # nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> ----
> here i had to replace driver name
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nv" (here you should replace with- Driver "nvidia")
> ----
> after the reboot where the X should start to boot i recieved the error and then
> i had to set inittab to run level 3 and reboot, then
> # modprobe nvidia
> # cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices/
> after this just set run level back to 5 and boot without problems and all works
> properly

Reading that thread all the way through I see they've already got
multiple patches to those patches. All this tells me is that I think
I'll just wait some more before installing the nvidia binary drivers
again. At least till there's a new release from nvidia.

Nils Breunese.