NVidia driver on FC1 (tech prob not idiological)

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0400, Clint Harshaw wrote:
> Gary Stainburn wrote:
> >Hi folks.
> >
> >I've just tried to install the NVidia drivers onto my laptop without any 
> >success.  I downloaded the file from the NVidia site and ran
> >
> >sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
> >
> >This ran fine, said it couldn't find the correct kernel interface, so it 
> >built one, and then finished without errors.
> >
> >I then made the appropriate changes to the XF86Config and ran startx.
> >
> >Unfortunately it didn't work. All I got was my screen staying in text mode 
> >with the screen having a black background with white block characters all 
> >over it.  <Alt>+<Ctrl>+<Del> reboots the pc fine.  I've rebooted, 
> >re-installed and re-checked everything but I can't see what the problem is.
> >
> >Can anyone help?
> >
> >I've put up all the files I can think of here:
> >
> >http://www.stainburn.com/XF86Config.orig	-- original config
> >http://www.stainburn.com/XF86Config		-- amended for NVidia
> >http://www.stainburn.com/XF86Config.diff	-- diff of the 2
> >
> >http://www.stainburn.com/XFree86.0.log		-- X startup log
> >
> 
> These instructions are the ones I use to install the driver on my FC1 
> machines. See if this helps:
> 
> CC="gcc32" sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel
> 
> CC="gcc32" sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1-custom.run
> 
> rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL
> 
> It's been a good while since I did the installation, so there may have 
> been some changes that make these instructions obsolete.
> 
> Clint
> -- 
> Clint Harshaw  <clint at penguinsolutions.org>
That is strange, on our machines: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
has always been enough. That is running the installer. It has not
always been the 1.0-5336 version.
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