more Nvidia video card installtion issues with rivafb module.

Mack-Limelight · 10-30-2004, 12:15 PM

Hello All!
This is my first post ive been sulking in the shadows reading the MSG board and all the posts I come across. 3 months ago M$ Service Pack2 nuked my box so I switched sides and thru all the distros slackware seemed to be the most useful for what I use the Internet and my computer for tasks. But ive been doing research for months now trying to figure out how to install my Nvidia GeForce Ti 4600 128mb video card, and during installation I get the same error as most people stating that the driver is installed but wont work correctly while the rivafb module is loaded. I changed my etc/X11/xorg.conf device from "vesa" to "nvidia" and got the Nvidia logo during bootup of my KDE desktop but was very unstable and locked up my box and when I tried to logout of KDE and go back to the main slack command window the screen goes all fuzzy and cant see the screen. Then I tried to change the rc.modules video card device from "agpart" to "nvidia". Then X won’t even start saying that the nvidia.o driver is tainted in the kernel. Also when I check the hotplug/blacklist "rivafb" is already listed so im at my wits end and cant figure this out. I feel pretty comfortable in Linux even thou I don’t understand 98% of it. How do I UNINSTALL this rivafb module, more specifically what is the command. Sorry I can’t post my "lsmod" im at work, hopefully tonight when I get home I can post it. I still got a bunch of other stuff like my cd-burner not reading/writing cds and other hardware not working right but I will worry about only one thing at a time.

Mack-Limelight · 10-30-2004, 05:07 PM

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
snd-pcm-oss            37736   0  (unused)
snd-mixer-oss          12504   0  [snd-pcm-oss]
usb-ohci               19240   0  (unused)
usbcore                59308   1  [usb-ohci]
sis900                 12396   1
crc32                   2880   0  [sis900]
ohci1394               24112   0  (unused)
ieee1394               42276   0  [ohci1394]
snd-cmipci             16964   0
gameport                1420   0  [snd-cmipci]
snd-pcm                56072   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-cmipci]
snd-page-alloc          6328   0  [snd-pcm]
snd-opl3-lib            5892   0  [snd-cmipci]
snd-hwdep               4804   0  [snd-opl3-lib]
snd-timer              13604   0  [snd-pcm snd-opl3-lib]
snd-mpu401-uart         3200   0  [snd-cmipci]
snd-rawmidi            12740   0  [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device          3888   0  [snd-opl3-lib snd-rawmidi]
snd                    30852   0  [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-cmipci snd-pcm snd-opl3-lib snd-hwdep snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore               3396   4  [snd]
nvidia               4585676   0  (unused)
pcmcia_core            39972   0
ide-scsi                9328   0

Mack-Limelight · 10-30-2004, 05:13 PM

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Vesa Framebuffer"
    Driver      "vesa"
    #VideoRam    131072
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate

Code:

Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "speedo"

# This loads the GLX module
    Load       "glx"

xushi · 10-30-2004, 05:16 PM

add the word
rivafb
in /etc/hotplug/blacklist

EDIT: sorry, just reread your thread again...
check out mine and see if it might help
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=246316

gbonvehi · 10-30-2004, 06:16 PM

Mack-Limelight, according to your lsmod paste, rivafb module isn't loaded so you shouldn't worry about it.

Mack-Limelight · 11-06-2004, 02:04 PM

Well is was still getting errors sayin rivafb module was loaded, but my nvidia drivers werent loaded and wouldnt load. and to make matters worse since i wasnt using the correct drivers i was putting a hardcore strain on my box when watching movies or doing whatever that it fried my video card and the video card fan got so hot it melted and stopped spinning, and since my vid card over heated, it overheated so much it fried my AGP slot on my mobo so i had top buy both a new mobo and video card, I opted for a ATI 9600 128mb this time. but i learned my lesson and went back to M$ windoze. next box im just gonna buy a linux system with " pre-approved " linux hardware just to make sure everything works right. and will be less of a hassle instead of trying to program my own drivers just to watch a movie or burn a cd.