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Old 01-16-2005, 07:27 PM   #1
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kde died!


When i installed the nvidia graphics driver, i went into runlevel 3 as it told me to do using "init 3", and then installed the driver. now when i boot up, it leaves me at the text-based login screen, instead of the usual where kde starts up and has a graphical login.

anyway, i can still get in, but only in text at that point, and i tried using the kdm command to boot up kde, but that isnt working... is there a certain init command that i can use to get back to the right runlevel? thanks a million

cheers,
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Old 01-16-2005, 07:37 PM   #2
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Code:
startx
Or change your runlevel back to 4 or 5 in /etc/inittab (which everone is your session manager) and it'll start KDE by default on every boot.

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Old 01-16-2005, 07:47 PM   #3
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thanks a ton.
 
Old 01-16-2005, 08:18 PM   #4
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okay i lied. it seems that the nvidia graphics driver that i just installed does not recognize my monitor... since theres no way i can copy and paste the stuff to show you i took a picture... dont worry, it's quite a high res camera ...

here it is:
http://www.asilentpromise.com/images/DSCF0978.JPG
http://www.asilentpromise.com/images/DSCF0978.JPG
 
Old 01-16-2005, 08:36 PM   #5
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(as root)
modprobe nvidia

then do your startx

you'll have to modify the appropriate bootscript to add nvidia in at boot, also read the readme from the nvidia driver to get the advanced options (like turning off that annoying splash...)
 
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(like turning off that annoying splash...)
Option "NoLogo" "On"

in your "Graphics device section"

Out of curiosity, did you edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file from "nv" to "nvidia"?

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia" <------ here change from "nv" to "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "On"
VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate

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Old 01-16-2005, 10:31 PM   #7
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i looked in there and it was already changed, although i didn't touch it

could i trouble you as to where my "graphics device section" ? im a loser haha
in yast?
 
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could i trouble you as to where my "graphics device section"
It's in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file near the bottom of the file...



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

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

# Chipset "generic"

# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.

# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"

# VideoRam 256

# Clocks 25.2 28.3

EndSection

# Device configured by xf86config:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "On"
VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
 
Old 01-16-2005, 10:41 PM   #9
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ohhh okay i see

thanks so much for your help...

if i could trouble you for onnne more thing...

how can i get x server to start up automatically? as well as the modprobe nvidia?

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Old 01-16-2005, 11:07 PM   #10
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If you open /etc/inittab you'll see a line similar to this:
Code:
id:3:initdefault
Just under that it should list the runlevels, one should indicate Multi-user, Graphical
change the 3 to that number.
 
Old 01-16-2005, 11:10 PM   #11
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as well as the modprobe nvidia?
Edit your /etc/modules.conf so it loads the nvidia driver and try adding...

options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1

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Old 01-17-2005, 08:29 PM   #12
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ahhh thank you so much you guys rock
 
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