nvidia again...:-(

[Robert Uebbing]

Since a couple of days I am trying to get my nvidia graphics to work. I 
have a Shuttle SN41G2. Fresh Fedora Core 1 install with kernel + 
kernel-source update to 2149 (from download.fedora.redhat.com). Building 
the network driver nvnet was no problem.

But I am haveing some serious problems with the XServer. I tried NVIDIA 
's driver 5328 and 5336 and they install just fine (with CC=gcc32) and 
they *seem* to work. Everytime I try to run glxgears the whole system 
just freezes and I have to do a hard reset. Sometimes X just crashes 
randomly I have to log in again. I did disable the DRI in the 
XF86Config, but that did not help. Reading the archives and various 
READMEs I come the conclusion that either my XF86Config is still not 
correct or I am having problems with the symlinks for the libraries.
Can anyone help ? I am getting desperate...

Thanks for any pointers.
Robert

1. output from ldd /usr/binX11/glxgears:

        libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libGL.so.1 (0x00dde000)
        libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00979000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00886000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x00989000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x0085d000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00722000)
        libGLcore.so.1 => /usr/lib/tls/libGLcore.so.1 (0x00239000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00881000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00223000)

2. My XF86Config file:

# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "single head configuration"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name 
of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
    RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "extmod"
    #Load  "fbdevhw"
    #Load  "record"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "type1"
#    Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#    Option    "Xleds"        "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#    Option    "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#    Option    "XkbModel"    "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#    Option    "XkbModel"    "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
# or:
#    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
#    Option    "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
#
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xfree86"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
    Identifier  "DevInputMice"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "ViewSonic GT775"
    DisplaySize  320    240
    HorizSync    30.0 - 86.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Videocard0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
    BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" 
"640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection