fedora core 3 + xorgconfig & nvidia driver

I have installed the latest nvidia driver on Fedora Core 3 but each time I change my xorg.config to use the Nvidia driver, I get an error saying that no usable screens are found and "cannot load module nvidia". I have tried to run xorgconfig and it seems like it's not installed. I know I can use system-config-display but I am not too keen on it. How do I install which fedora package has xorgconfig?

The drivers probably installed correctly. Now you need to load the kernel module -- type "modprobe nvidia" and then try to start X again.

well it works temporarily and when I reboot the PC the problem is still there. The system hangs when I try to use this driver, so I'm gonna see if a patched version of the old driver is available and try it.

Add "alias char-major-195 nvidia" to your /etc/modules.conf file.

I have that line already but when I boot it still doesn't load at boot time, I have to manually type it in as root everytime I log in.

This has to do with the new udev thingy .. to fix this ..

$ modprobe nvidia
$ cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices
$ chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*

and reboot .. this should make it permanent..

Originally posted by astrowill Add "alias char-major-195 nvidia" to your /etc/modules.conf file.

/etc/modules.conf is not longer exist for kernel 2.6 (since FC2) .. that line should be in /etc/modprobe.conf instead.

Thanks a lot, I've finally got it working, but had to install a patched version of the 61111 drivers coz my system just hangs when it tries to use the latest ones. That line actually existed in /etc/modprobe.conf and not /etc/modules.conf. Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.

hey, i've got 2 questions that seem to belong in this topic.
i'm having problems with installing the nvidia driver in FC3 also

1) when ur system is hanging on bootup at the "configuring kernel parameters" point, is there a way to fix this or do u hafta reinstall FC3?
2) where did u get the patched driver?

thanks, josh

Diablosux102:

During the boot up, at OS selection, press 'A' (IIRC, to edit the grub line) and delete rhgb at the end of the line.. and continue booting..

This has to do with UDEV problem. And to permanently solve the problem.. check the solution above. Download the latest driver (6629) from NVIDIA.. you do not need to patch anything..

well 6629 is the one thats hanging my system at boot time and any other time I try and use X. The patched Nvidia driver that I have is 6111 thats been modified to work with kernel 2.6.9. I got it from this weblog.

Thanks for all the great tips. I was only able to get my Nvidia drivers working in Fedora Core 3 by doing two things.

1. Installing the patched 6111 driver REDDAZZ found at

http://ngc891.blogdns.net/kernel/pat...11-jp1.tar.bz2

The 6629 just would not work no matter what I tried.

2. Giving the following commands WIRAONE supplied

# modprobe nvidia
# cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices
# chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*

And that was it... Worked like a charm... Thanks again!

Notes:

Do step 2 above as root, in the earlier post the prompt was a $ instead of a #. Giving these commands as any user other than root obviously won't work.

P.S. WIRAONE thanks for the grub "rhgb" tip, I was a second away from a reinstall.

thanks, i was able to install the driver with no problem.

Installed the 6629 drivers and used the commands from WIRAONE and everythings ok now. Nice one!
That's why I love this site, there's never a shortage of answers to any questions.

I just copied the /dev files over to /udev, rebooted and everything worked. No need to downgrade the NVidia driver