nvidia problem with artoo instructions and 2.4.22-1.2179

[Holm, Jack]

I saw a thread on a different site.. To use the older -4363 driver.

So I tried it .. It works great with a g-force 4


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[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Clint
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:55 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: nvidia problem with artoo instructions and 2.4.22-1.2179


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

--
Clint <clint at penguinsolutions.org>


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