FC2 & Nvidia

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 05.23 16:03, Peter L. Hurd wrote:
> Hey Jim,
> 
> Jim Radford
> > I have an Nvidia card and am wishing to do a complete wipe and
> > reinstall (from FC1 to FC2). What issues are there with the Nvidia
> > drivers and how do I overcome them?
> 
> I upgraded 3 Nvidia equipped boxes from FC1 to FC2 and had no problem. 
> I just followed the usual kernel upgrading procedure.  
> 
> But now, I've spent all day to day trying to get the Nvidia drivers to
> run (they'll load - at least there are no errors or warnings in
> Xorg.0.log - but I get an unresponsive grey screen) on a machine I
> upgraded from RH9 to FC2.  I'm about ready to pitch the damn thing out
> the window...
> 
> I'm hoping that atrpms.net makes some FC2 Nvidia RPMS.  I've never tried
> them, but that's what I'll wait for.
> 
> In case anyone sees an obvious clue I'm missing here's the Xorg.0.log
> file and the XF86Config file...
[snip]

I see two problems here.  First, the configuration file has not been updated
as described in the nVidia README.  You need to change the driver from "nv" to
"nvidia" and (if I recall correctly) remove "dri" from the Module section. 
Assuming that you've run the nVidia installer, you've got the new X modules with 
the old driver.  Second, you're running a 2.6.5 kernel, which does not support 
CONFIG_4KSTACKS, which means that you're running 8K stacks, which are 
incompatible with the nVidia drivers.

I'd suggest re-installing X to get the old drivers back.

Good luck.