Re: Problem with X
--- Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>
wrote: > Hello
>
> Hooman (<a_linux_newbie@yahoo.ca>) wrote:
>
> > --- Glenn Howell Evans <gevans1@utk.edu> wrote: >
> > Heya, so here are my default ball park guesses
> about
> >> your problem.
> >>
> >> A) Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and see if the
> >> driver for your video
> >> card is nvidia
> >
> > The driver that I selected during installation was
> > "nv" which I hope is the same as nvidia.
>
> No, it is not. "nv" is the open source driver for
> nvidia cards that
> comes with XFree. "nvidia" is the closed source
> driver distributed by
> Nvidia.
>
> >> B) Did you compile the nvidia drivers yourself or
> >> did you use the kernel
> >> driver? If you didnt do either i would hope on
> >> nvidia's website and grab
> >> the kernel driver and the GLX driver off of their
> >> site.
> >
> > I think I used the kernel drivers. I tried to
> install
> > GLX driver for nvidia with dpkg but I got three
> > dependency errors. I can send out the complete log
> > file of XFConfig, but it is a bit lengthy.
>
> You need both the kernel _and_ the glx driver.
> However, the new versions
> of the driver are distributed with an installer. It
> is only one file
> that contains both drivers and is called
> Nvidia-Linux*.run.
>
> If you want to install it, do the following:
>
> Install c compiler and kernel headers for the kernel
> you are using. Make
> a symlink /usr/src/linux =>
> /usr/src/kernel-headers-$yourkernel and run
> the installation program of the driver. It will tell
> you that it has to
> compile a kernel module and will then intall the glx
> libraries. It will
> change your module configuration automatically so
> that the nvidia
> kernel driver is loaded automatically. Next,
> configure your XFree to
> use the nvidia X driver. Replace "nv" with "nvidia"
> in your config file
> or use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 for this.
>
> However, If you didn't do it, please first try to
> turn off the Kernel
> framebuffer option as Stephane already proposed.
> Many nvidia cards
> won't work if it is activated.
How exactly should I turn framebuffer off? I didn't
find any item about framebuffer in XF86config-4 file.
>
> best regards
> Andreas Janssen
>
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