From: joy <gracecott@sancharnet.in>
To: beolach@comcast.net
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: X not starting at all
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:07:54 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40076AA2.6020801@sancharnet.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 011520040505.8108.40a4@comcast.net
>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"
>
>
Thanks again, the problem was that nvidia_drv.o was not being placed in
the right place (/usr/...)
I had to do a find .|grep nvidia to find the module(buried in the
NVIDIA...... installation directory)
and cp it to the right place <phew>. Now xinit works fine but startx
hangs. Also my shiny new 2.6.1 kernel locks hard pretty often
(considering that my 2.4 kernel never did) Any ideas as to Why???????
and how do I change the resolution?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-01-16 4:37 UTC|newest]
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2004-01-15 5:05 X not starting at all beolach
2004-01-16 4:37 ` joy [this message]
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2004-01-15 4:26 joy
2004-01-12 16:46 joy
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2004-01-14 11:30 ` joy
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