Hi All,

I recently downloaded the Nvidia driver for Linux A32. Upon Installing I find that it works alright, no problems. Until I reboot a few times, then that's when the problem starts. This seems to only happen sometimes? I can reboot and all is fine, get the Nividia splash screen, can run Bzflag and so on. But then I will turn the computer off and on and find that I have no X ? ? ?. It just resorts to the old X86. I have no idea what is going on Can anyone help.....

Many thanks in advance.........


deft.

This is very strange, are you sure you do not have multiple XF86Config files in /etc/X11 and in your /root or /home/users directories.

X will look for a XF86Config file in your home directory then revert back to the default /etc/X11/XF86Config file, which is the one that should be being edited for global use.

Perhaps the nvidia driver setup did not write the file to /etc/X11 ?

What do you mean it resorts to the old X86?

After not finding the "Nvidia driver" It starts the X86 config tool and with that it somehow resorts back to another X86 file. When I open the /etc/X11 X86config file the "driver" has went back to "nv". But since reading AutOPSY's reply, I have noticed that there is 2 X86 files, the X86config and X86backup? is this correct or should I remove it from that directory.

Thanks 4 the help All

deft

you should remove all XF86Config files except /etc/X11/XF86Config.

Add the right driver to THAT file.
startx,
make sure its right, then save that file as XF86Config.backup somewhere.

So that any occurences of XF86Config, or Config.backup have the right driver in it.
That way it will never be wrong.

That is still strange that it sometimes wont find the nvidia driver.
Make sure your /etc/X11/XF86Config file is only writable by root.

maybe the driver isnt loading with a normal user and XF86 is getting re-written by a norm users.

Thanks AutOPSY, I have now moved the backup file elsewhere and rebooted, all seems fine, I have a feeling that is it solved. Although that statement will probably come back and bite me on the ass.

Many thanks..


deft.......

Hi All, ( AutOPSY )

I am still having reoccurring problems problems with my Nvidia driver.. AutOPSY I moved the back-up X86 file to my home directory and ensured there was no other X86 file in the /etc/X86 directory. What is happening is that when I reboot my machine it fails in booting X. It then takes me through the RH utility that deals with X, it does not find the "nvidia" driver and it then creates the new X86 file upon probing my Graphics card ( I think ). Here is the /etc/X86/X86config file:


# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Flatron915FT"
DisplaySize 360 270
HorizSync 30.0 - 107.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 200.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv" <------ ###### I usually change this to nvidia !!!!!!
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection


In the secton I have marked above, I replace the "nv" with "nividia" which works fine when I reboot The problems start maybe once or twice in shutting down and restarting. I am at a total loss on this.... Help!

Many thanks for your help..


deft...