ut2004 doesnt do anything >_<

ilikejam · 01-17-2005, 12:05 PM

Could you post the Modules and Device sections? If you're in graphical boot mode (runlevel 5) then rebooting is probably a good idea.

Sticktendo · 01-17-2005, 12:10 PM

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

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"

i recently changed the driver to nvidia and not rebooted. so if rebooting makes an effect, then ....yea, you get the point...

ill reboot now and see what happens.

ilikejam · 01-17-2005, 12:11 PM

Take out the Load "DRI" line and try rebooting.

Sticktendo · 01-17-2005, 12:18 PM

ok, i already rebooted before i saw that. so i rebooted with what you saw. now the device is...

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"

ill change it back and take out what you said and try again.

nope, it reset it. is there a way to make sure i installed the drivers correctly?

ilikejam · 01-17-2005, 12:35 PM

Try doing 'modprobe nvidia' as root while X is not running, and see if you get any errors.

Sticktendo · 01-17-2005, 12:52 PM

i did the whole inittab thing and rebooted to the character version of linux.

it said that modprobe was not a command!

ilikejam · 01-17-2005, 12:54 PM

Try '/sbin/modprobe nvidia' as root.

Sticktendo · 01-17-2005, 12:55 PM

i did it in a terminal with out going to text mode(just incase that matters.)

nothing happened...

[silintninjya@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost silintninjya]# /sbin/modprobe nvidia
[root@localhost silintninjya]#

ilikejam · 01-17-2005, 12:56 PM

Try running 'startx' now (as your normal user). If X does start, then try running UT2004 again.

Sticktendo · 01-17-2005, 12:58 PM

not SU

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.

ilikejam · 01-17-2005, 01:06 PM

Looks like your X server is already running.

Try this:
(as root) /sbin/telinit 3
(as root) killall -9 X (just to make sure X really isn't running)
(as root) /sbin/rmmod nv
(as root) /sbin/modprobe nvidia
(as normal user) startx

Then try running UT again

Sticktendo · 01-17-2005, 02:01 PM

when i do /sbin/telinit 3, it takes me to a completely blank screen. if i press anything, it says that it started 4 things [OK] and then i have to reboot. i tried it a couple of times to see if i was doing anything wrong and its the same every time.

ilikejam · 01-17-2005, 02:17 PM

OK, boot into character mode, then check that X isn't listed in 'ps -A' (to make sure X isn't running).

Then do '/sbin/modprobe nvidia' as root, then do 'startx' as your normal user.

Then try UT again (assuming X does start).

Sticktendo · 01-17-2005, 02:40 PM

o.0

it booted me in the old kernel!!!

im soooo confused as to why that happened....

everything appeared to go ok. it did say that "driver Nvidia tainted the kernel"

EDIT:

OH CRAP!!!

I BOOTED INTO THE ROOTS HOME!!!!!!

ilikejam · 01-17-2005, 02:47 PM

You might be in runlevel 1 (if you booted into a console with a strange prompt). Try doing 'telinit 3'. The message about the nvidia driver tainting the kernel is normal (the driver isn't GPLed).