fedora+nvidia=i lost my console
 

hi;

i have fedora core 1 and i did install nvidia drivers.
the problem is that i ctrl+alt+f1 y dont see anything, my console has gone!!!!!!!!!!
then i alt+f7 and i return to graphic mode, and works perfect!!!!!!!!
can anybody help me to rescue my console ...

look this

[root@localhost jmboris]# glxinfo | grep OpenGL
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce4 MX 440/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 1.4.0 NVIDIA 44.96
OpenGL extensions:
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athlon 1600+
ecs k7s5a (motherboard)
fedora core 1
512 mb Ram
40 gb HD
geforce 4 mx440


thanks

Howzit

Under a console in your GUI enviroment check /etc/inittab file and see if u have the following entries.

# Run gettys in standard runlevels

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

I this is OK try disabling your Gui mode and enter into text mode to see if everything is OK if u unable to runlevel 3 then your inittab file is corrupt and needs replacing.

To change to runlevel change /etc/inittab line id:5:initdefault: change 5 to 3.

Give these things a bash

chow

i think is resolution my problem
 

when i start linux i can see console, then automatically goes to graphic mode, then when i ctrl+alt+f1 (to go to console) i can not see anything...i alt+f7 and go back to graphic mode...

i think its something whit console resolution .but why ar the start the resolution it ok??

thanks

# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

# Run xdm in runlevel 5
x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

howzit

did u try changing the runlevels from 3 to 5 and in your lilo or grub have u set a ftrame buffer of some sort?

chow

i have this exact same problem, it happend after i installed some older nvidia drivers because i thought the latest ones were causing games to crash. Now i cant get back to text mode to install different drivers!

im pretty sure the console is still there, but my monitor says 'frequency over range' so perhaps some setting is giving me the wrong resolution/refresh rate and my monitor is unable to display it.

ok i did what aqoliveira said and was able to boot in text mode and install the latest drivers. Now to get my games running at anything higher than 640x480 hehe..

thanks.

i resolve it using ....
 

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
EndSection


see the ignoreDisplay line, that is the clue to recover the console.....


i hope it helps....