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From: Martin Homola <xhomola1@fi.muni.cz>
Subject: problem after installing nVidia drivers
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Hi,
I have got a nVidia GeForce graphics card. I was using the
`nv' driver and everything worked just fine (except
acceleration). I downloaded and compiled nVidia drivers and
since then my Xserver refuses to work properly. I got my
linux configured to start the XServer after booting - I am
using KDE. But the X login screen doesn't show up. The
booting process rund OK while outputting to the text
console, but upon the XServer start the screen just blinks
for three times and stays in the text mode.The XServer ends
saying it cannot load the `nvidia' driver. When i load the
module via `insmod nvidia', it says that i'm trying to load
a module without GPL compatible licence, but it gets
installed. When I start the XServer after that (e.g.
startx), everything's allright and the XServer starts up
without complaining. KDE is running just fine and also the
graphics acceleration works.
Can't I _force_ the XServer to load the module somehow? Or
is the nvidia kernel module omitted in some script so that
it doesn't load (e.g. /etc/modules.conf)? Am I confusing the
`nvidia.o' kernel module with the nvidia X driver?
Thanx.
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