Stripes on screen after installing Fedora

Bjørn Ivar Johnsen bjorn.ivar73 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 10 16:43:24 UTC 2008


My networksproblem are now fixed, but I still cannot install fedora.  
It just says that there was an abnormal termination or something like  
that, and just ask me to reboot, which I do, just to get the exact  
same problem next!
Am beginning to wonder that it just was not ment to be;(

  1. Should I use the "Live DVD or the install DVD?

2. How do I manually install the nvidia driver, as it seems that there  
is no other way for me to do that?!

Vennlig hilsen
Bjørn Ivar Johnsen

Den 9. aug.. 2008 kl. 23.41 skrev "Marcelo M. Garcia" <marcelo.maia.garcia at googlemail.com 
 >:

> Hi.
>
> To install the NVIDIA driver there are 2 ways: easy and hard.
>
> The easy (and recommended) is to use the livna repository[1].
>
> First you have to install the rpm from the repository:
> # rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm
> or download the rpm, and the install it.
>
> Then search for the driver:
> # yum search nvidia
> Install the package.
>
> Update the system: yum update
>
> Or the hard way.
> I think you'll need the kernel sources.
>
> As root, disable the X11: in a terminal, type: init 3. Go where you  
> put the driver and type
> sh NVIDIA...
>
> reboot the system.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Marcelo
>
>
>
> [1] http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/
>
> Bjørn Ivar Johnsen wrote:
>> I really feel stupid now, but I just realized that I have to  
>> download a driver to nvidia card specially for Linux!!!
>> That certainly bring some light to my problems:)
>> The only thing now is that I am not sure how to install that  
>> driver.. Should I start the text interface and install the driver  
>> from there? If so, how? I read on the nvidia page some command "sh  
>> NVIDIA-Linux-86-173.14.12-pkg1.run"... The only problem is that  
>> they was so sure about me knowing WHERE to write that, that did not  
>> bother to mention that!
>> P.s.( After installing the nvidia linux driver, will my windows  
>> nvidia driver still work? I suppose it do, but just to be sure...)
>> 2008/8/9 Marcelo M. Garcia <marcelo.maia.garcia at googlemail.com <mailto:marcelo.maia.garcia at googlemail.com 
>> >>
>>    Hi
>>    A quick test: after the boot, when you are looking at the stripes,
>>    press      "ctrl"+"alt"+F1, and you should see the login prompt.  
>> And
>>    return to the stripes, press, "ctrl"+"alt"+F7.
>>    You said that you driver is 175.19, but seems that the latest  
>> driver
>>    in NVIDIA page is 173.14[1].
>>    Did you updated your system including the driver from Livna?
>>    Are you sure about the configuration of the monitor?
>>    Regards
>>    Marcelo
>>    [1] http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
>>    Bjørn Ivar Johnsen wrote:
>>        Nvidia GeForce 6800 GS with current installed driver : 175.19
>>        And about the graphical mode and level 3 or 5.. I really do  
>> not
>>        know what that is or how to do it. I am as new to Linux as  
>> they
>>        come!!:(
>>        Could it have something to do with the refresh rate of the  
>> screen?
>>        It is currently set to 75 Hertz, (that is the highest possible
>>        on my screen)... no, that is probably not it, but at this
>>        momement I really do not know what to do!!!
>>        Hope for further help:)
>>        Kind regards:
>>        Bjørn Ivar Johnsen
>>        Den 9. aug.. 2008 kl. 11.10 skrev "Marcelo M. Garcia"
>>        <marcelo.maia.garcia at googlemail.com
>>        <mailto:marcelo.maia.garcia at googlemail.com>>:
>>            Hi
>>            What is you graphics card, I mean, the model.
>>            You get stripes only in graphical mode (run level 5) or  
>> even
>>            in text mode (run level 3)?
>>            Regards
>>            Marcelo
>>            Bjørn Ivar Johnsen wrote:
>>                Hello.
>>                I have a serious problem with (all) Linux  
>> distributions
>>                included Fedora. After installing or use of live  
>> dvd, I
>>                cannot see anything but stripes on my screen. I have a
>>                pentium 4 with 1GB RAM and Nvidia card. I have tried  
>> to
>>                install the latest Nvidia driver, but to no help at  
>> all.
>>                I have tried many versions of Linux, and also both the
>>                i386 and the one for 64, but all with the same  
>> result!!!
>>                If anyone could help me with this problem, I would be
>>                wery pleased as I would wery much like to go from  
>> crappy
>>                winows xp to Linux!
>>                Vennlig hilsen
>>                Bjørn Ivar Johnsen
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