rivafb and NVIDIA-Linux

[Chadley Wilson]

On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 02:10, Lew Bloch wrote:
> > I get a message saying that rivfb must be
> > disabled in the kernel
> 
> Actually, it says that rivafb must not be enabled, not quite the same thing.
Ok It is my home PC so I can't remeber exactly, Thanks
>  
>   It seems that rivafb is a loadable driver, not usually loaded unless you 
> have that card.  I've been using the same NVIDIA driver on the same Fedora 
> distro with no problems, presumably because Linux never feels the need to 
> load the rivafb driver.
> 
> Unlike some Linux-heads, I do not relish the notion of building my own kernel 
> over every little thing. 
agreed :->
>  It pleases me when these things work as well as the 
> nvidia driver did.

> 
> > But if I run "X" from the command line in runlevel 3 to test, it works
> > but then my prompt doesn't come back when I exit X.
> 
> Try "Ctl-Alt-F1" after you exit X.  Text mode Linux runs in multiple 
> terminals;
I know, thats what I am trying to explain,
>  Fedora seems to set up 6 by default.  X goes into the seventh 
> terminal, but leaves you there when you exit.
Thats what I do, and it looks very broken, I'll explain:

So I boot init 3 and install the driver, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
replace nv with nvidia and add a line to the bottom of the Drivers
section Option "NvAGP" "1" as it is the only one that works out of the 4
options. (By the way I had no problems testing the same system with MDK9
/ 10 or RHEL3.) 
I run X get a black gui and pointer.
ctl-alt-backspace to quit.
now the console is buggered its just black, but the console mouse
pointer works.
Press enter a few times and I get a bash prompt absolute right side
center of the screen.
OK
type reset get the same.
tried ctrl-alt-f1 /f2 /f3 /f4 ....
same on all
type init 6 
nothing
I hit the reset switch reboot and and boot into gnome and all is fine no
problems.
logout and login again no problems.
ctl-alt-fn and the consoles are unusable.
  
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