nvidia problem with artoo instructions and 2.4.22-1.2179

[Clint]

I have a type in my report below:

where I write that I edited /etc/X11/XFree86Config I meant that I edited 
/etc/X11/XF86Config

Clint

Clint wrote:
> I ran into a problem with my nvidia driver when I updated to the latest
> kernel (2.4.22-1.2179). Since livna was down, I opted to follow the
> instructions found at artoo's site, as I used to before the livna driver
> was available. Here is what I did:
> 
> 1. installed all the kernel* updates that came out today, and reboot.
> 2. unlike before, X did *not* fail
> 3. I shut down X by doing telinit 3 in a root terminal
> 4. CC="gcc32" sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel
> 5. CC="gcc32" sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1-custom.run
> 6. telinit 5
> 
> I edited the /etc/X11/XFree86Config file to be sure it is correct, and 
> here are the relevant sections:
> 
> Section "Module"
>         Load  "dbe"
>         Load  "extmod"
>         Load  "fbdevhw"
>         Load  "glx"
>         Load  "record"
>         Load  "freetype"
>         Load  "type1"
> #       Load  "dri"  <-- I commented out this line
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Videocard0"
>         Driver      "nvidia"
>         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>         BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
> EndSection
> 
> I also tried the suggestion to remove the XFree86-Mesa-libGL, but I
> don't have it installed:
> 
> # rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL
> error: package XFree86-Mesa-libGL is not installed
> 
> Now X does come back, but the NVidia splash screen does *not* show up. I
> can't use any of my GL screensavers, and I can't start any of the games
> like Neverball or Tux Racer. Here is some output from my trying to start
> those games:
> 
> $ glxgears
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Error: couldn't get an RGB, Double-buffered visual
> 
> $ neverball
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> neverball: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
> 
> $ tuxracer
> Tux Racer 0.61 -- a Sunspire Studios Production
> (http://www.sunspirestudios.com)(c) 1999-2000 Jasmin F. Patry
> <jfpatry at sunspirestudios.com>
> "Tux Racer" is a trademark of Jasmin F. Patry
> Tux Racer comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
> and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> See http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for details.
> 
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
> *** tuxracer error: Couldn't initialize video: Couldn't find matching
> GLX visual (Success)
> 
> 
> 
> This situation hasn't happened to me before when I followed artoo's
> instructions. Can someone please bail me out here?
> 
> Thanks,
> Clint

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Clint <clint at penguinsolutions.org>