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(edited the file and then pressed F10, then ENTER to choose File, then E to choose Exit, then y to save file)
Code:
[root@workstation1 drew]modprobe nvidia
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - NVIDIA
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Module nvidia loaded, with warnings
[root@workstation1 drew]exit
[drew@workstation1 drew]startx
X windows did not start. X gave the error message could not load nvidia drivers. I've tryed lots of stuff. any help?
lspci command
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266] (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 43)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 18)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 18)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 18)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
/ect/X11/XF86Config-4
Code:
# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
# 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
Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbCompat" ""
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Acer"
ModelName "Acer 54e"
HorizSync 31.0-54.0
VertRefresh 50.0-110.0
# 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
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 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
#Section "Device"
# Identifier "device1"
# VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
# BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"
# Driver "nv"
# Driver "nvidia"
# Option "DPMS"
#EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nvidia"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/400"
Driver "nv"
# Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection
/etc/modules.conf
Code:
probeall scsi_hostadapter usb-storage ide-scsi
alias eth0 via-rhine
above snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1
probeall usb-interface usb-uhci
alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia
Last edited by Moses420ca; 07-13-2003 at 08:22 PM.
well are you useing driver "nvidia" instead of driver "nv" i dont' know if you just have this commented out because its not working and you are presently using the nv drivers to be able to use your machine, or if you just didn't uncomment it....anyways your going to have to post the error message....either remember what it says when you see the error when you try the nvidia driver or post the error from /var/log/xfree86.0.log
To make Nvidia driver working you need to uncomment 'Load "glx"' at the beginning and use 'Driver "nvidia"'. The error message (copy of it) would help much (the configuration looks OK).
I have tried every combination in /ect/X11/XF86Config-4 file I could think of. I know what every line means. I want to use the "nvidia" driver but the module doesn't start with linux. Somebody else had a workaround of typing "insmod nvidia" then "startx". This doesn't work for me. I tried a lot of things, I'm a programmer and network administrator so I know how to troubleshoot but I am also new to linux.
/var/log/XFree86.0.log
Code:
XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-0.13mdksmp i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 12 March 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Sat Jul 12 19:11:13 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "layout1"
(**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "monitor1"
(**) | |-->Device "device1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(WW) Option "XkbCompat" requires an string value
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
Using vt 7
(--) using VT number 7
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80000060, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3091 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b091 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0c:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1186,1400 rev 43 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8064 rev 07 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0d:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 07 class 09,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3074 card 1106,0000 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 18 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 18 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:4: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 18 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0110 card 1462,8826 rev b2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xddffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] rev 178, Mem @ 0xdc000000/24, 0xd0000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[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 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd8000000 from 0xdbffffff to 0xd7ffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[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 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[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 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(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 4.3.0, module version = 0.0.1
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(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) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(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 4.3.0, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "nv"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o
(II) Module nv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, Vanta,
RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64, Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 MX 100/200,
GeForce2 Go, Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go, GeForce2 Integrated GPU,
GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro2 Pro,
GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420,
GeForce4 MX 440-SE, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go,
GeForce4 420 Go 32M, GeForce4 460 Go, GeForce4 440 Go 64M,
GeForce4 410 Go 16M, Quadro4 500 GoGL, Quadro4 550 XGL, Quadro4 NVS,
GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X, GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X,
GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X, GeForce4 448 Go, GeForce4 488 Go,
Quadro4 580 XGL, Quadro4 280 NVS, Quadro4 380 XGL,
GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU, GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200,
GeForce3 Ti 500, Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4400,
0x0252, GeForce4 Ti 4200, Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL,
Quadro4 700 XGL, GeForce4 Ti 4800, GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE, GeForce4 4200 Go, Quadro4 700 GoGL,
Quadro4 980 XGL, Quadro4 780 XGL, 0x0300, GeForce FX 5800 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5800, Quadro FX 2000, Quadro FX 1000, 0x0311, 0x0312,
0x0316, 0x0317, 0x0318, 0x0319, 0x031A, 0x031B, 0x031C, 0x031D,
0x031E, 0x031F, 0x0321, 0x0322, 0x0323, 0x0326, 0x032A, 0x032B,
0x032E
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset GeForce2 MX/MX 400 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 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -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 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[10] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[22] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) NV(0): Initializing int10
(II) NV(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(--) NV(0): Chipset: "GeForce2 MX/MX 400"
(**) NV(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NV(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(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 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(==) NV(0): Using HW cursor
(--) NV(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NV(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(II) NV(0): Detected CRTC controller 0 being used
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a
(II) Module i2c: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) NV(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): DDC Monitor info: 0x8373d00
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer: API Model: 9715 Serial#: 1095
(II) NV(0): Year: 1998 Week: 17
(II) NV(0): EDID Version: 1.1
(II) NV(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
(II) NV(0): Sync: Separate
(II) NV(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 27 vert.: 20
(II) NV(0): Gamma: 2.87
(II) NV(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) NV(0): redX: 0.619 redY: 0.350 greenX: 0.305 greenY: 0.600
(II) NV(0): blueX: 0.154 blueY: 0.064 whiteX: 0.280 whiteY: 0.311
(II) NV(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) NV(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): #0: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 85 vid: 22853
(II) NV(0): Monitor
(II) NV(0): Monitor
(II) NV(0): Monitor
(II) NV(0): Monitor
(II) NV(0): end of DDC Monitor info
I had a similar problem with mandrake not giving me x after trying to install the nvidia drivers, and after a lot of messing around, i changed distros.
ok hold on here...you posted a log file that may have been successful, but this is not what we need to help you...if you look at the xfree86.0.log file you posted you will see that you posted the log that is using the "nv" driver....we need to see the log when you try to use the "nvidia" driver...
where you see stuff like --> (II) NV(0)
it should say something like -- > (II) NVIDIA(0)
so i know when you try the nvidia driver it crashes, and how are you going to get that log when you have to fall back to the nv driver and then it rewrites that config file to give you what we see above, well this is what you do...
change your xf86config-4 file back to using the nvidia driver and then restart, when it craps out like usual, navigate to the /var/log/ folder and type "cp xfree86.0.log /home/<yourname>
and then change back your xf86config-4 file to use nv driver, come back here and post the contents of that file useing the nvidia drivers, which will show what error you are getting...
I thought I did. ok, here's the real log file after I changed the driver to nvidia, did the command modprobe nvidia, got the tainted kerrnel message and did startx:
/var/log/XFree86.0.log
Code:
XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-0.13mdksmp i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 12 March 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Mon Jul 14 20:26:23 2003
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "layout1"
(**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "monitor1"
(**) | |-->Device "device1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(WW) Option "XkbCompat" requires an string value
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) XKB: model: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
Using vt 7
(--) using VT number 7
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80000060, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3091 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b091 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0c:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1186,1400 rev 43 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8064 rev 07 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0d:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 07 class 09,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3074 card 1106,0000 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 18 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 18 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:4: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 18 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0110 card 1462,8826 rev b2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xddffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] rev 178, Mem @ 0xdc000000/24, 0xd0000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[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 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd8000000 from 0xdbffffff to 0xd7ffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[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 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[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 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(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 4.3.0, module version = 0.0.1
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(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) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(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 4.3.0, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(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 = 1.0.4363
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 = 1.0.4363
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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-4363 Sat Apr 19 17:49:42 PDT 2003
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) 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 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -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 0xdf000000 - 0xdf0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[9] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[10] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a81f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a41f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a01f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c0f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x0000941f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x000090ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[22] 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="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(**) 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 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xDC000000
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA 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:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.
Last edited by Moses420ca; 07-15-2003 at 08:42 AM.
I just re-installed Mandrake 9.1 the night before last. I did a clean install and it's the only drive and operating system on the machine. I did the mandrake update and then tackled the video driver right away.
I would just move to another distro but I've already tried a few. I tried Red hat 9.0 first but you have to pay for the updates. Whenever you download a rpm, you have all these dependencies that you have to find and install. It's when the dependencies have dependencies that turned me off red hat.
I tried slackware 9.0 but that was about the same. Mandrake is the only one so far that worked fine out of the box.
I was wondering though, I have a Intel celeron processor clocked at 900mhz. Did I download the right nvidia driver? What is the best processor to run linux on? Also, I have 256MB of sd-ram and linux is always using about 240mb ram. I find the OS and software to run slow.
Last edited by Moses420ca; 07-15-2003 at 04:59 PM.
I tried reinstalling the nvidia driver, repartitioning my drive and reinstalling mandrake. I've troubleshooted /ect/X11/XF86Config-4 and scoured the web for any help. I've already done what you suggested but the lsmod command returns too many results. I couldn't see if the nvidia module was loaded or not. Under MS_DOS you can do a command /p and it will pause when the screen is full.
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