I have an unusual problem when booting into Linux. I am running Mandrake 8.2 (Final) on a Dell Dimension 8200 w/ NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti.

My problem is that the boot hangs just before starting X-Windows. If I hit the Return key it prompts me to login - which works, but then leaves me in the text environment. If I type in "startx" it bombs with some error about not being able to initialize.

So far the workaround is booting from GRUB into the "failsafe" option and then selecting to boot into "Graphic Mode" from there. And all works well. I just am getting tired of the extra steps.

I would be more than happy to post any logs or error reports if someone would be kind enough to let me know where to find them. Sorry I can't be more specific.

Thanks,

Sounds like X config prob to me. Please post /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 here.

Or you could try an even easier distro: http://www.lycoris.com/ I love it. It took less time to configure. It works and looks just like XP. Did I say it's free? CD1 is all you need.

Here is my XF86Config-4 file. Any help would be greatly appreciated:

# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

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

FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but
may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
#NoTrapSignals

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort
sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
#DontZap

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode
switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
#DontZoom

# This allows the server to start up even if the
# mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
AllowMouseOpenFail

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection



Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe"

# This loads the Video for Linux module.
Load "v4l"


# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.

SubSection "extmod"
#Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules

Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Hitachi, Ltd.|Hitachi CM751"
VendorName "Hitachi, Ltd."
ModelName "Unknown"


# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 31.0-94.0


# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 50.0-160.0


# This is a set of extended mode timings typically used for laptop,
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# These are available along with standard mode timings.

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563
-hsync -vsync

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616


EndSection



# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
Driver "vga"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "nvidia"
# VideoRam 65536
# Clock lines


# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
# Option "sw_cursor"

Option "DPMS" "on"
EndSection



# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************


Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)"
Monitor "Hitachi, Ltd.|Hitachi CM751"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection


One question, if there is something wrong with this file, wouldn't it cause a problem when I logon through failsafe? Or is this file only accessed when booting normally?

Could you tell us what the error message is and what is in your .wmrc file?

It took me a bit to figure out how to get the error log - actually showing the error. I realized that after I get in through failsafe, it overwrites the log with the error in it. Finially figured out to just cp it to another directory and then log in with failsafe.

So here is what the log looks like when it fails:


XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-1mdksmp i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Mar 22 12:50:03 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "layout1"
(**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Hitachi, Ltd.|Hitachi CM751"
(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
(--) using VT number 7

(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,2530 card 1028,010c rev 04 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,2532 card 0000,0000 rev 04 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,244e card 0000,0000 rev 04 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,2440 card 0000,0000 rev 04 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,244b card 1028,010c rev 04 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,2442 card 1028,010c rev 04 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,2443 card 1028,010c rev 04 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:4: chip 8086,2444 card 1028,010c rev 04 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0202 card 1462,5301 rev a3 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:07:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8022 rev 08 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:07:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 08 class 09,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:08:0: chip 11c1,0452 card 144f,1513 rev 00 class 07,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:09:0: chip 1282,9102 card 4554,434e rev 31 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0e (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x06 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xfe100000 - 0xfe2fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia GeForce3 Ti 500 rev 163, Mem @ 0xfc000000/24, 0xf4000000/26, 0xf3f80000/19, BIOS @ 0x80000000/16
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0xfe1ff800 - 0xfe1ff8ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0xfe1ffc00 - 0xfe1ffcff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x80000000 - 0x8000ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0xf3f80000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0x0000ecd0 - 0x0000ecd7 (0x8) IX[B]
[10] -1 0x0000ecd8 - 0x0000ecdf (0x8) IX[B]
[11] -1 0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0x0000dcd0 - 0x0000dcdf (0x10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0xfe1ff800 - 0xfe1ff8ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0xfe1ffc00 - 0xfe1ffcff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x80000000 - 0x8000ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0xf3f80000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[8] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0x0000ecd0 - 0x0000ecd7 (0x8) IX[B]
[10] -1 0x0000ecd8 - 0x0000ecdf (0x8) IX[B]
[11] -1 0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0x0000dcd0 - 0x0000dcdf (0x10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xfe1ff800 - 0xfe1ff8ff (0x100) MX[B]

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[6] -1 0xfe1ffc00 - 0xfe1ffcff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0x80000000 - 0x8000ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0xf3f80000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0x0000ecd0 - 0x0000ecd7 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0x0000ecd8 - 0x0000ecdf (0x8) IX[B]
[18] -1 0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0x0000dcd0 - 0x0000dcdf (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o
(II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.0.1
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.1.10
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.2802
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.2802
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-2802 Tue Mar 5 06:30:06 PST 2002
(II) NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver for: RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, Vanta,

[.....conitnued from previous post]


RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64, Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 MX 100/200,
Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go, GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 GTS,
GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro2 Pro, GeForce4 MX 460,
GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420, Quadro4 500XGL, Quadro4 200/400NVS,
Quadro4 550XGL, GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500,
Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4200,
Quadro4 900XGL, Quadro4 750XGL, Quadro4 700XGL, GeForce2 Go,
GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go, GeForce4 420 Go 32M,
GeForce4 440 Go 64M, Quadro4 500 GoGL
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset GeForce3 Ti 500 found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xfe1ff800 - 0xfe1ff8ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0xfe1ffc00 - 0xfe1ffcff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0x80000000 - 0x8000ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0xf3f80000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0x0000ecd0 - 0x0000ecd7 (0x8) IX[B]
[17] -1 0x0000ecd8 - 0x0000ecdf (0x8) IX[B]
[18] -1 0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0x0000dcd0 - 0x0000dcdf (0x10) IX[B]
[21] -1 0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xfe1ff800 - 0xfe1ff8ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0xfe1ffc00 - 0xfe1ffcff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0x80000000 - 0x8000ffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0xf3f80000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[13] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[14] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[15] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[16] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0x0000ecd0 - 0x0000ecd7 (0x8) IX[B]
[20] -1 0x0000ecd8 - 0x0000ecdf (0x8) IX[B]
[21] -1 0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0x0000dcd0 - 0x0000dcdf (0x10) IX[B]
[24] -1 0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
[25] -1 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
[26] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[27] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF4000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xFC000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
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The .wmrc file (which I found in my home directory) just said: Gnome

Hope that helps,

Looks to me like a problem with the X server for that Geforce3, but that's just a guess. Is there a more recent one you can get your hands on?

The problem with that theory is that it would then effect me no matter how I booted into Linux. The relevant issue is that my setup does work, just not the way it is supposed to. I'm just trying to figure out why I can't boot directly into X-Windows. We know for a fact that it works, there is just something wrong with the normal boot process.

Check the revision numbers for your NVIDIA "glx" module and the "nvidia" module that follows it. All of the other modules report that they were compiled for "4.2.0" but these two NVIDIA modules report "4.0.2" and it's just possible that this could be the problem. I don't know enough details of the failsafe operation to know whether it can ignore such version mismatches or not, but if it can that would explain why it works when a normal boot does not. Looks as if you need some newer NVIDIA drivers...

Hmm..., if that's the problem, I'm screwed for the time being. I already have the most current NVIDIA drivers installed from off of their site.

Thanks for all of the help guys, and if anyone else has any further insight, I'd love to hear it!

That's a pretty common error. There are a couple different reasons you can get it. Example, the kernel header files aren't there or being found...Go to www.nvidia.com then to linux drivers then on the left the nvidia forum. There are alot of posts exactly like this one that should shed some like on the NV kernel problem.

Well, it's a moot issue now. I got brave and tried to install the KDE 3 beta on my system and effectively disabled all KDE apps.

So I reinstalled Mandrake 8.2 this morning, rebuilt the NVIDIA drivers from source and now it works fine. Something must have happened with the last install that threw everyhting off.

Anyway, thanks for all the assistance everyone!

Since I'm abit curious about this...

Have you ever got the Nvidia drivers to work???

If soo when it stopped working have you recompiled the kernel???

If you have done that you have to enter init 3 and make a new installation of the Nvidia drivers...

That's my 2 cents

/Zappa