FC3-Test3 + NVIDIA-6111 driver

[Lars]

had to disable rhgb from the grub config to get it booting right.
some tips for loading the nvidia module are here
http://people.redhat.com/harald/udev.html
maybe this helps

best
lars


Nave, Ronald wrote:

> Partial resolution of the NVIDIA-6111 driver problem:
> 
> I down loaded the patched version of the NVIDIA-6111 driver
> available at
>
http://gentoo.kems.net/gentoo-x86-portage/media-video/nvidia-kernel/files/1.
> 0.6111/
> 
> and was able to built the driver for the 2.6.8-1-610 kernel.
> 
> I tested the driver by manually entering
> "startx" from the command line and was able to bring up
> X windows with the NVIDIA-6111 driver.
> 
> However, when I rebooted , the system locked up part way
> into the boot sequence at the line
> 
> 
> "Configuring kernel parameters"
> 
> However, I discovered if I edit  /etc/inittab
> 
> to start up in level 3 , the system boot up to the command
> line login.
> 
> After loggin in , I was able to once again bring up X
> by typing  "startx".
> 
> Also it is still necessary to edit
> /etc/rc.d/rc/local
> 
> by adding the line
> 
> "/sbin/modprobe nvidia"
> 
> The problem with "Configuring kernel parameters" causing
> a lock up seems to have occured at about the same time
> as the NVIDIA-6111 driver error ( kernel-2.6.8-1-543  up to
> kernel-2.6.8-1-610 )
> 
> Everything seemed to work for 2.6.8-1.541 and older kernels
> starting with  FC3-test1
> 
> In any case the sytem is running with the NVIDIA driver, but I have to
> start up manually
> until this issue is resolved.
> 
> 
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