install xorg pb

Giulio Sorrentino numerone.fedora at wooow.it
Sun Oct 31 14:38:11 UTC 2004


Yohann Desquerre wrote:

> hi all,
>
> my aim is to write a french doc to show how to make a minimum install 
> of fedora become useful!
>
> i've got a problem with the install of xorg-x11
>
> i tried yum install xorg-x11 on two differents machines ( one with an 
> nvidia graphic chipset and one with an ati one). in the two way yum 
> install nvidia-kernel-module.... ok on the first system but why on the 
> second.....
>
> whatever the machines i used, i need to reboot before xorg start 
> correctly, before the reboot when i try startx i've got a black screen 
> and no way to get back the hand on a console (expect connecting from 
> another system).
>
> anyone may explain me why the nvidia-module is always installed and 
> why i 'have to reboot before to use xorg correctly (at the first time 
> after the install)
> thanks for help
>
1. I don't know
2. I presume that the nvidia module is not loaded and X is configure for 
using it: it blocks because it don't found the driver.
Try to load module before start x.




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