From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: beolach@comcast.net Subject: Re: X not starting at all Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 05:05:42 +0000 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <011520040505.8108.40a4@comcast.net> Return-path: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gracecott@sancharnet.in Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Sorry if this is a repost, I thought I had already sent this (and it is in my "Sent Messages") but I never saw it come through the list. > Hello, > it's me again. > Thanks again for the help you guys gave me when I had a problem with my > modules. > from when I had installed Woody, I was not able to startx as I have a > Geforce4 MX 440 SE which was not supported by the nv driver in X (I have > version 4.1.0.1) > I got a new driver from the Nvidia site (the latest is pkg2 I think, I > have pkg0 ).I installed it and yet startx would not work. The pkg-# on the nvidia driver's really don't matter; the only difference in the different numbers is the precompiled kernel versions already in the package; and since the package includes the source it can compile the kernel module in a couple minutes if your kernel version doesn't happen to be one of the supported versions in the package. > since X loads its drivers from /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers , I moved > the new NV module (nvidia.ko ) and renamed it nv_drv.o which was the nv > driver (this is illogical, I know , but I was desperate.....) > and it gave me another error message module does not have nvModuledata > data object and died on me. I just got Gnome 2.4 and I'm desperate to > install it. This (obviously) doesn't work. What it is, is the nvidia driver has two parts; a kernel module (the nvidia.ko file), and a X driver. When you run the installer from nvidia's website, they should install to the correct locations - you shouldn't need to move any files (the correct locations are /lib/modules/2.6.1/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko & /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o). What you will need to do is edit the X config file, usually /etc/X11/XF86Config or XF86Config-4. In this file, you need to go to the display device section and change the line that says: Driver "nv" to say Driver "nvidia" Also, assuming you want OpenGL support, make sure the XF86Config file also has a line that says: Load "glx" That should be it: run the install program & edit XF86Config. If you still have any problems, check nvidia's README at > So anybody with the ideas flashing, > HELP! > thanx in advance, > Joy > Hope this helps, Conway S. Smith - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs