Linux and Nvidia.

Kr0nic · 03-16-2003, 09:47 PM

I went to install the nvidia drivers.

after i did what it said to do it doesn't go into the graphical interface in redhat 8 anymore.

it just goes to the shell terminal.

can someone help me on what i can do to get back into the shell.

and maybe help me install my geforce 4 drivers?

Fingel · 03-16-2003, 10:14 PM

Do a search before you ask
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=50126

orange400 · 03-16-2003, 10:45 PM

Does it go to the terminal because it can't go into X, or does it just go right to the terminal? If your screen flashes a few times and you can't get into X, try this as root ...

vim /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config [it's case sensitive!]

Now look around for the exact charcters WITH the quotes: "nv"
Press insert on your kb and add idia to it, so it says "nvidia", then hit Esc
Type this with the colon ... :write
It should confirm that you've written to the file.
Type :q (with colon)
Now type startx and see how it goes! If it fails, try restarting.

Kr0nic · 03-17-2003, 12:03 AM

i re-installed need to setup the net on it now i will be back soon

Kr0nic · 03-17-2003, 01:43 AM

it cant go into X.

So it stays in the shell.

the nvida driver don't work
i changed it back to nv and it worked..

HELP

orange400 · 03-17-2003, 10:56 PM

Did you try editing XF86Config? It worked immediately for me.

morbius · 03-18-2003, 02:16 PM

after installing the NVkernel module (which is the kernel support for NVidia chipsets) and the actual drivers (NVIDIA-GLX_*), edit your /etc/X11/XF86config file and replace the "nv" with "nvidia", then go to the module section and make sure you have there "Load glx", remove "Load dri" and "Load glcore". then it should normally work.

orange400 · 03-18-2003, 05:40 PM

I have both these ...

Load "dri"
Load "glx"

... should I take out ...

Load "dri"

... ?

My video is working properly ... ? Kinda weird.

menahem · 03-18-2003, 07:52 PM

I think you just go into /etc/X11.And rm the new XF86config`
and rename XF86config.backup to XF86config!

morbius · 03-24-2003, 12:14 AM

the official NVidia advice is that you remove the line "Load dri". I always followed that advice, so I don't know if it works with it.

aggieml · 08-31-2003, 01:53 PM

go to http://www.easylinuxguide.com and click the link that says "installing nvidia drivers." I followed the instructions exactly and got it working fine. Make sure to look under the heading that says "installing nvidia drivers for the first time"

side note: there's two lines in red at the bottom of the author's edited version of XF86Config that he says to take out, but I didn't and it still worked.

hope this helps