Fedora 64-bit Graphics Problems on Install

Tue Aug 29 22:01:11 UTC 2006

Hi Jeff,

I just want to Thank You for answering my email, regarding the problem I was 
having with the 64-bit Fedora and my graphics card!  I followed the advice 
you gave me, using Stanton's Installation notes and everything now works 
great!

I originally installed it in text mode, because of the graphics card 
problem.  I was then later able to install the video driver for NVIDIA 6600, 
and now I see the GUI!

Thanks again for your advice, I really appreciate it!  I have 64-bit Linux 
on my machine before Windows XP 64-bit!

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Vian" <jvian10 at charter.net>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: Fedora 64-bit Graphics Problems on Install

> On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 13:54 -0400, John Trager wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Here is a rundown on my computer:
>>
>> AMD Athlon64 3800+ with 2GB RAM with ASUS AV8 Motherboard
>>
>>
>> The first thing I tried to do was to download the Fedora 64-bit
>> version onto a single DVD, which was no problem.
>>
>> I then tried to install it on my SATA hard drive with a 200GB
>> Partition... when it probes my video card, the screen goes dark for a
>> bit, and then after sometime, I get vertical lines on the screen, and
>> some more garbage later on...  It appears that the video driver isn't
>> working correctly.  It is selecting the NVIDIA 6600 driver...  Is
>> there a way to tell the install program to use the VESA driver
>> (generic) for the graphical install???
>>
>> I did try to install it using the Text version, and it went through
>> fine, but there was NO GUI interface... I guess when one does this it
>> uses the standard VESA driver (generic)?
>>
>>
>> MY FIRST CHOICE is to get the 64-bit version working, but I have also
>> tried the RAD HAT ENTERPRISE 32-bit version.  This for the most part
>> works fine, but there are some issues which I think is related to the
>> 64-bit install.  When I install the 32-bit version, it probes my
>> computer and picks the VESA driver (generic), which then works fine.
>> Now, I have tried the NVIDIA 6600 display driver in the list for
>> graphics hardware... and when I do this it does the same thing as with
>> the 64-bit install!  Something doesn't seem right with these drivers,
>> or am I doing something wrong???  I used the
>> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-pkg1.run file on the PNY Technologies website.  I
>> typed "init 3" before install it.  I didn't change some of the other
>> things that are mentioned by various people (Change Driver "nv" to
>> Driver ?nvidia"...) because there was no file there yet called
>> "XF86Config".  As a matter of fact, after I installed this driver, I
>> still do not see this file!  However when I boot up the Linux System,
>> I see the NVIDIA LOGO on my monitor... and there is also a NVIDIA X
>> Server type area in one of the pull down windows (system settings?)...
>> Where would this driver appear?  Would it take the place of the NVIDIA
>> 6600 driver under display hardware?  I'm new to Linux...
>>
>> Am I better installing the 32-bit Fedora version or the 64-bit
>> version?  It sure would be nice to see a 64-bit version operating on
>> this machine!
> My recommendation is a bit different than you have tried.
> I also have the nvidia 6600 video card and was unable to do a graphics
> install, but the text install worked well.
>
> The instructions and the package you are using are very old.  XF86config
> is no longer used since Fedora switched to xorg for the video drivers.
> If you want to use the source package for the drivers (which will work)
> you would be better using the driver directly from nVidia and following
> their instructions. It seems like the one from PNY is out of date.
>
> I prefer the pre-built driver from the livna repo.
>
> First you need to be in run level 3.
> Then enable the livna repo and yum install kmod-nvidia
> reboot and it should come up with graphics using the nvidia driver.
>
> The only additional step I had to do was to manually set the vertical
> sync for my system in the monitor section of the xorg.conf file.  It
> refuses to automatically select the default VertRefresh value for my
> Samsung T and I have to manually set that in order to use the maximum
> resoulution.
>
> With that I have been very happy using x86_64 and the nVidia driver.
>
> Instructions for a lot of things FC5 related (including the nvidia
> drivers) can be found at the great web site provided by Stanton Finley
> http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>>
>>
>> John
>>
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