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Hi,

i am using Fedora Core 2, GeForce2 MX/MX 400.
Kernel - 2.6.6.-274-8kstacks (from linuxant)
nVidia drivers from nvidia homepage (1.0.5336)

I ran nvidia installer from single user mode and it installed just fine (built kernel modules, did ldconfig, said everything's ok). I ran it again with --sanity switch, it confirmed that driver seems to be installed fine.

So, I edited Xorg.conf (nv -> nvidia, dri out, glx in, as in README), went multi-user, everything's went fine until X startup - screen blacked out, (monitor still shows 720x400@85 (textmode)), after several seconds I get a textmode screen with random characters. For several seconds there still is disk activity and pressing num-lock works, then it's all locked up (ctrl+backspace, ctrl+alt+f1, ctrl+alt+del fails, pressing numlock doesn't light up the led).

/var/log/Xorg.0.log (only ending):

(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 = 1.0.5336
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-5336 Wed Jan 14 18:30:46 PST 2004
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[9] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac0f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[9] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[11] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[12] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[13] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac0f (0x10) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[30] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[31] 0 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="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD8000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE0000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 03.11.01.48.00
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 65536 kBytes
(II) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s): CRT-0
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display device CRT-0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 300 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 40.00-80.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 60.00-120.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "576x384" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1200" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (width too large for virtual size)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for display device CRT-0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 56.3 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.1 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 49.5 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 50.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "800x600": 81.0 MHz, 75.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "700x525": 75.5 MHz, 77.0 kHz, 70.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "700x525": 61.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x512": 67.5 MHz, 80.0 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x512": 54.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 36.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.0 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "640x480": 54.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "576x432": 60.8 MHz, 77.5 kHz, 85.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "576x432": 54.0 MHz, 67.5 kHz, 75.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 47.2 MHz, 68.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 39.4 MHz, 60.1 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 37.5 MHz, 56.5 kHz, 70.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "512x384": 32.5 MHz, 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "416x312": 28.6 MHz, 49.7 kHz, 74.7 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 28.1 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.3 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 24.8 MHz, 46.9 kHz, 75.1 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "400x300": 25.0 MHz, 48.1 kHz, 72.2 Hz (D)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "320x240": 18.0 MHz, 43.3 kHz, 85.2 Hz (D)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 800 x 600
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (320, 240) mm
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (63, 63)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe2002000 - 0xe20020ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xe2001000 - 0xe20010ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xe2000000 - 0xe20000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[11] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[13] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[14] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[15] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac0f (0x10) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a40f (0x10) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a003 (0x4) IX[B]
[28] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c07 (0x8) IX[B]
[29] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009803 (0x4) IX[B]
[30] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009407 (0x8) IX[B]
[31] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[32] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[33] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 4X successfully initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "800x600"

- here it apparently hangs
tried changing resolutions in Xorg.conf (1024x768, 800x600, 640x800 all the same), set bpp from 24 to 16, changed vsync,hsync intervals a bit more narrow, still nothing changes.

What's the problem, what am I doing wrong?