cursed nvidia fedora my lack of knowledgeness
Gilboa Davara
gilboada at netvision.net.il
Tue Nov 8 13:04:49 UTC 2005
Please do the following:
A. Download the drivers.
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7676/NVIDIA-Linux-
x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
B. init 3.
C. Execute the installation script.
D. Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Under section Device, Replace 'Driver "nv"' with 'Driver "nvidia"'
E. init 5.
If this doesn't work, please post your:
A. /etc/X11/xorg.conf
B. /var/log/Xorg.0.log
C. dmesg.
Cheers,
Gilboa
On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 22:05 +1030, David Abbott wrote:
> Well there we go.
> I just installed the nvidia driver by the book and it doesn't work.
> I get a screen when I go back to init 5.
> Nothing comes up it flashes on and off a couple of times and then goes
> into
> `I cannot start the X server lets do a dodgy half hearted effort at
> doing something that isn't going to work'
> Whoa is me.
> I know people have got the nvidia drivers working on the Dell Inspiron
> 9300 with th Nvidia Go6800 so what could the answer be?
> You're help, patience and time is appreciated.
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