Mandriva one 2007 - greeter crash
 

Hello there,
i recently installed mandriva one 2007(Gnome) and when i try to log for the 1st time (after online install),
the system throws me back to log in screen! no matter what session i choose to log, after giving the password, the screen switches back to log in screen...
I try to configure the "log in" (right button at the login screen), and i get the message "Greeter is crashing, trying another one"

I've look up for a solution in net, i found some ppl saying
enabling the "accesible login" worked for them, but in some other cases it didnt
(in fact some others said that they had to disable that feature to get it done)...

Do you know anything about?


Ps1: old pc specs- intel-866Mhz 256mb ram 80gb maxtor, advance 9 mobo
Ps2: Im a totally n00b in linux world, so pls handle with care :p

When you get to the login screen, try the following:

1. do CTRL-ALT-F1 so that you can see a terminal
2. login to the terminal as root
3. enter the command "init 3"
4. After that exit as root and login as a normal user
5. Enter the command "startx"

Post back the results and any error messages.

this is the result after startx:

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/5662/dsc1408ed3.jpg

There is a problem with your nvidia driver. To resolve the problem, you can edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the graphics driver from nvidia to nv. So, here is what you would do,

1. At the login screen do CTRL-ALT-F1
2. At the terminal, login as root and do "init 3"
3. After that, open /etc/X11/xorg.conf using a text based editor such as nano or vim
   Code:

   ---

   vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf

   ---

4. Look for a section similar to the one below (it may not be exactly the same on your file)
   Code:

   ---

   Section "Device"
    Identifier  "NVIDIA GeForce"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    #VideoRam    131072
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

   ---

   and change it to
   Code:

   ---

   Section "Device"
    Identifier  "NVIDIA GeForce"
    Driver      "nv"
    #VideoRam    131072
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

   ---

5. After making the changes and saving the file, do "init 5" to restart the GUI.

Later on, you may need to uninstall the nvidia drivers shipped by Mandriva and install the ones from the nvidia website.

m8 thanx a lot :)
the value was set to "nv" so i change it to "nvidia", and worked fine...
but... after that i entered the desktop, and make a restart just to double check
if its ok, .. after the restart the problem was still there :(
(i didnt update the drivers when i was in desktop)
anyway, i installed mandriva again and this time i choose "no 3d effects on desktop"
seemed to work :)

i download from nvidia.com, the file nvidia-linux-x86-10-9755-pkg1.run, but i dont know how to run it...
also do u know how to enable that 3d-effects again?

thanx a lot for help
and sorry for all that noobish questions....

To install the nvidia driver, do steps 1 to 3 listed in my second post, then login as root, change directory to where you stored the nvidia drivers and then do
Make sure you have the kernel-source installed before trying to install the nvidia drivers. When you have finished, enter the command 2init 5" to get back to a GUI and login as a normal user. You can then run the Mandriva Control Center and enable the 3d effects from there.

ty so much reddazz, if i encounter any other probs ill post back here
...and sorry again for those noobish questions....
:rolleyes:

Its better to ask than to suffer in silence. ;)

I got another question according to this: How can I save the
"xorg" file after editing it?

What text editor are you using?

vim, as described above!

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That should save a file. To find out how to work with vim, run vimtutor.

thanx a lot, that worked!