x crashes after installing nvidia driver
 

hi ,

i have got nvidia 6600 GT vedio card with amd 64 processor and i have installed some local version of linux .. which is similar to mandrake and uses mandrake kernel only..

i had installed the driver accoriding to instruction in nvidia web site. But when i startx the display goes blank and the only way out is to reset my computer..

please guide me to install the nvidia driver.

which nvidia driver did you install? And can you please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? It will be easier to determine the problem with this information.

regards,
...drkstr

Post Xorg.0.log as well.

when i change the vesa driver to nvidia ,log file dont show any errors ,i think ...ok , i am sending boath files..

The problem is the kernel was compiled with a different version off gcc then the driver. I guarantee if you compile the kernel then the driver it will work. I run into this all the time.

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xorg.conf file
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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Mar 29 14:43:26 PST 2006

# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

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 "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
#Load "dri"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
# allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
Option "allowmouseopenfail"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6600 GT"
#Option "NvAGP" "3"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

log file some times loads till nvidia driver module or till glx module.. some times their no log file at all( i used rename created log file )... i dont know whrere can i upload the files !!..... ok i will be looking for reply ... thanks in advance