Hi there ,I seem to have a problem ,first I downloaded the nvidia driver as explained in SBings Slackware FAQ and when I went to install it it said it needed to precompile my kernel which I let it do and it installed it , but I get no nvidia logo on boot or login so I went into my x11 xorg.conf file and found I dont have hardly any of the options or sections as mentioned in FAQ 4 me to alter or add ,this is preety much all I have "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"

EndSection
AnyWay what do you recommend I can do or add to get my Nvidia card to work with Slackware10 & why is mine so different to what is explained in SBings Slackware FAQ,I am using the default kernel that came with slack the 2.4 kernel, can I add the words- Driver "Nvidia" to a section? and would it work ,Im worried about messing it up .

Driver "Nvidia" - Bingo

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5950 Ultra"
BusID "3:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
Option "Rotate" "off"
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection

Hi

I posted my xorg config a while back with all the possible configs that the booklet told about at that time

cheers

Hi,
in your xorg.conf change

Driver "some_drivers"

with

Driver "nvidia"

in the module section you should have:

Load "glx"

you should also remove:

Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"


and then you will have nvidia logo in the begining of x

PS:"precompiling a kernel by installer" is impossible, "precompile" means "kernel modules compiled by nvidia".
when I first installed nvidia drivers, the installer couldn't find a "precompiled kernel module" which means that nvidia didn't compiled the modules for slackware and for the kernel version that I was using.So the installer compiled the kernel modules from source.

I think this is the same thing for u too, right?

this is sort of what I am pointing at, the list I gave above is all I seem to have in my X11 xorg.conf in regards to my display driver etc ,theres no section what soever that says Driver "some_drivers" as you might see and I dont know why ,

okay,

I think the problem is that u have different "xorg.conf" files for different users.
Just try to find the real one(that is used to start x server)
(just do a search in root for this file and see how many xorg.conf u have on your hdd)

If this isn't the case, u need to reconfigure xserver in root.

the configurator was "xorgconfig" I think(I'm really not sure).

sorry I just found this part right near bottom of page ,is this the part where I need to make some of the changes -- Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "vesa"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "vesa"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
# *****************************************

yes this is the part.

did u ever run "xorgconfig" because it's a good idea to reconfigure x server if u have just installed slackware.
the xorg.conf file that came with slack is a little bit different than xorgconfig's version.

I cant run it because I had to reinstall slack a few times before as i could not get it to accept any of the Nvidia drivers on list and then I could not get it to login again which is why I downloaded the Nvidia driver I couldnt also get it to load the vesa driver again either ,I think its mainly to do with lack of linux knowledge on this part of linux. so I dont want to chance it until I know what Im doing etc with those files.I mean I am worried about logging out again if I try it again ?

I added the changes reccommended - changed Driver "vesa" to Driver "nvidia" and the got these errors on terminal when I typed these commands I got from SBings FAQs to load nvidia driver again root@JASONS-BRAAAIN:~# lsmod | grep nvidia
root@JASONS-BRAAAIN:~# /sbin/modprobe nvidia
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o will taint the kernel: non-GPL license - NVIDIA
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Module nvidia loaded, with warnings
root@JASONS-BRAAAIN:~#
I dont know why it would taint the kernel but I am now worried about rebooting even though it now seems to be loaded?

I really don't understand what's going wrong.U should really try again
Okay, follow these steps.

1-) If it's possible reinstall slackware and take 3. step

2-) If it's not do in root console:

nvidia-installer --uninstall
updatedb
locate xorg.conf

and then remove all the xorg.conf files with rm "/path/to/xorg.conf"

3-)Boot to console and login as root

4-)Run "xorgconfig" ,

-choose Nvidia Geforce for card
-don't forget to manually configure your monitor's refresh rates.(just google to find your monitors refresh rates).
-while configuring desktop resolutions,make sure that u have maximum 1024x768 in all color modes.

It will ask if you want to save "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" ,don't forget to say "YES"

5-)run nvidia-drivers by typing:

sh nvidia-drivers-xxxxxxx

-make sure that the installer can't find "a precompiled kernel module" and that it will compile it from scratch.
-Look for the "succesfully installed" sign

6-)in /etc/X11/xorg.conf change

Driver "nv" //or vesa

with

Driver "nvidia"

in the module section you should have:

Load "glx"

you should also remove these lines:

Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"

7-)Reboot your computer and login as root then type

startx

8-)Now, u can use some non-root user to use x server

G'Day cb951303, Thanks for everything I am going try and print or copy your tutorial and give the first part ago & if that does not work I will try step 2 by reinstalling, I was also wrong about xorgconfig as I rebooted after I got the message about my kernel being tainted and got a immovable blank screen when typing startx so I rebooted again and got the same so I tried xorgconfig and tried some different options with my choices this time and was able to log back in with a better display than before , so i am at least happy about that, the video card I have is a GV-Nx66T128VP 6600 gt graghics accelarator , on a amd64 3200 . so I dont know if this has anything to do with anything even though I looked in the nvidia forum & noticed others had trouble with drivers for nvidia 6600 graghics cards .AnyWay