got nvidia to install and edited xfree86 config but x won't start
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got nvidia to install and edited xfree86 config but x won't start
hi, i was recently having trouble with installing the latest nvidia driver and i made a post last week about it. i was told to 'cd /usr/src/linux' and do 'make oldconfig'. this was because the nvidia installer couldn't build a module with my kernel sources. after i looked in my kernel sources directory and didn't see a config file i figured that was probably the correct solution so i did it. it actually worked, the nvidia installer successfully built a module and it was loaded. i changed the xfree86config file to remove 'Load "dri"' and 'Load "GLcore"' 'Load "glx"' was there and i didn't touch it. i changed 'nv' to 'nvidia' for the 'Driver' section. but when i tried to start x it failed to start. i looked at the x log file and there was a line "(EE) Failed to start the NVIDIA device!" i know my graphics card is compatible, it's a Geforce4 MX 440. i was thinking that my xfree86config file still needed editing because there are some entries in it that i don't remember seeing with other distros. here is the file:
#
# XF86Config generated by xconfig
# Please do not edit this file by hand!
# Run xconfig to make changes to the X configuration.
# For advanced users, details about the format of this file
# can be found in the XF86Config man page.
# End of XF86Config.
# Configured by xconfig
# Configured date:
NOTE: i know this says 'nv' in the driver section instead of 'nvidia', i just changed it back and did 'rmmod nvidia' so i could start x and get on the internet.
any suggestions? i'm stumped.
hey i tried to replace "card0" with "nvidia" but it didn't work. i tried variations like "nVidia", "NVIDIA", "NV" but none made a difference. there has to be something i'm missing here because everything else worked out good. and i'm not getting any errors to indicate that theres a problem with the module loading or anything. thanks for the help but if you have another suggestion let me know. thanks.
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