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Old 01-03-2005, 03:02 AM   #1
msmales
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xorg.conf file is stubborn!


I am trying to install the nvidia drivers to my Fedora Core 3 distro (2.6.10).

I managed to get the drivers to work without rebooting my computer because I was able to see the "Gears" screensaver that use GL but things go back to square one after reboot.

During the course of installing nvidia drivers, it involves editing the xorg.conf file by changing

Driver "nv" to Driver "nvidia"
and comment out Load "dri"

and saved it (by typing :wq)

and do some extra stuff to complete the installation of the drivers... now when I reboot my computer... GL is not working not even the "Gears" screensaver or any computer game that relies on nvidia drivers... and when I checked the xorg.conf that I edited earlier... IT IS BACK TO WHAT IT WAS! *sighs* - no matter how hard I tried to edit the file it is never saved after reboot even if I saved it earlier (as root)

Any ideas??

Thanks and heaps.

Martin
 
Old 01-03-2005, 04:05 AM   #2
msmales
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Ok, here's an update from myself, the original poster of this thread.

I had a few teething problems with the nvidia installer (especially in the context of xorg.conf)

All works ok except:
- my kernel was upgraded to 2.6.10, make sure you add the --add-this-kernel option when installing nvidia drivers:
> sh NVIDIA-blah blah....run --add-this-kernel

and run the NVIDIA file again, this time the custom file that was just generated by the command above.

- device permission problem, I had to fix it by:
> chmod 0666 /dev/nvidia*
> chown root /dev/nvidia*

and reboot your computer

That way your xorg.conf file will not be reverted back to its original version - sounds complicated, huh?? but take my word for it ;-)

All done.

P.S. My linux distro is Fedora Core 3
Kernel: 2.6.10

Martin

Last edited by msmales; 01-03-2005 at 04:41 AM.
 
  


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