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edit: instead of load "glx" try load "/usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so" I had done that too but still the screen would blank out; but as ian mentioned i hadnt installed Mesa so now that i've removed nvidia, i can try installin Mesa ( thru urpmi , i guess) first and then nvidia. My question is should i let urpmi install the drivers or should i install some older 1.0.6XXX or 1.0.7XXX versions of nvidia drivers for the card that i have . Am i wrong when i say that the 1.0.8XXX drivers dont comply with the 5200fx card???

I'm running kernel 2.6-12-12mdk nd have the source installed. I think the xorg.conf version is 6.9...i saw it during boot or somewhere. Does this mean i can install the drivers albeit the older versions?? If yes, which one should i install or let urpmi install it?? (i accidently posted this reply in tyme's thread...admins plz delete that post of mine :) )

Hmmmm.....so no cookers is it then?!!! Well, in that case,i'll change as soon as i get my hands on the 'non-cooker' version. Till then i'll have to live with this :P Actually i didnt want a user-friendly linux-- i love to do geeky stuff and only linux gives u the freedom to play with the os, something the "windows-makers" havent allowed. Even in windows i use firefox, mplayer, vlc, gaim....which owe their origins to the gr8 linux movement. Havent touched IE in years now !!! So i thght abt playing games in linux( apart from the programmin work that i do in linux all the time) so that i dont have to move to windows everytime for gaming . Anyway i have uninstalled the drivers using urpme ( #urpme --nodeps --noscripts dkms-nvidia) and now things are fine i.e typing 'glxinfo ' doesn't black out the screen and the xorg.conf file is back to the earlier version. I would still like to try one more time to install the drivers ( dont worry, i dont have ne imp data to lose lest things go wrong ) but this time using the .run files. I wanted to know which .run files to download for the config that i have:- amd 2800+ 64 bit, nvidia geforce 5200fx 128mb Since the 1.0.8762 version didnt work, will some earlier version work with the card that i have?? Also i've not installed Mesa--should i do it bfor installn?? Thanx in advance :)

Thanx Daniel for all the effort ure takin to help me :) As requested: [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status Status: Enabled Driver: AGPGART AGP Rate: 8x Fast Writes: Disabled SBA: Enabled [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/card Fast Writes: Supported SBA: Supported AGP Rates: 8x 4x Registers: 0x1f000e1b:0x1f000302 [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/host-bridge Host Bridge: PCI device 1106:0204 Fast Writes: Not Supported SBA: Supported AGP Rates: 8x 4x Registers: 0x1f000a0b:0x00000b02 I 'm still going thru the messages log to locate where and when the problem occurred (although i dont see any errors here); meanwhile heres the Xorg.0.log: X Window System Version 6.9.0 Release Date: 21 December 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.14-2mdksmp i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 Build Date: 05 May 2006 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jul 7 02:34:45 2006 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "layout1" (**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "monitor1" (**) | |-->Device "device1" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105" (**) XKB: model: "pc105" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "en_US" (**) XKB: layout: "en_US" (**) Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" (**) XKB: options: "compose:rwin" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1" (**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket) (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2 X.Org Video Driver: 0.8 X.Org XInput driver : 0.5 X.Org Server Extension : 0.2 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so (II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.so (II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8 Using vt 8 (--) using VT number 8 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0204 card 1043,8129 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 1106,1204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:00:2: chip 1106,2204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 1106,3204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:00:4: chip 1106,4204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:00:7: chip 1106,7204 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b188 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 14f1,2f00 card 14f1,2004 rev 01 class 07,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 1106,3149 card 1043,80ed rev 80 class 01,04,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:0f:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1043,80ed rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1043,80ed rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1043,80ed rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1043,80ed rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3038 card 1043,80ed rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:10:4: chip 1106,3104 card 1043,80ed rev 86 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3227 card 1043,80ed rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1043,810d rev 60 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1043,80ed rev 78 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0322 card 0000,0000 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000a (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0xfaf00000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1100000) MX (II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf9ffffff (0xa000000) MX (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xfb000000/24, 0xf0000000/27, BIOS @ 0xfaf00000/17 (II) Addressable bus resource ranges are [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX [1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX (II) OS-reported resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX [1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX [2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX [3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX [4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX [5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX [6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX (II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xec000000 from 0xefffffff to 0xebffffff (II) Active PCI resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xfab00000 - 0xfab000ff (0x100) MX [1] -1 0 0xfac00000 - 0xfac000ff (0x100) MX [2] -1 0 0xfae00000 - 0xfae0ffff (0x10000) MX [3] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xebffffff (0x0) MXO [4] -1 0 0xfaf00000 - 0xfaf1ffff (0x20000) MX [5] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX [6] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX [7] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX [8] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX [9] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX [10] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX [11] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX [12] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX [13] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX [14] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX [15] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX [16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX [17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d807 (0x8) IX [18] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX [19] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e407 (0x8) IX [20] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e807 (0x8) IX (II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps: [0] -1 0 0xfab00000 - 0xfab000ff (0x100) MX [1] -1 0 0xfac00000 - 0xfac000ff (0x100) MX [2] -1 0 0xfae00000 - 0xfae0ffff (0x10000) MX [3] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xebffffff (0x0) MXO [4] -1 0 0xfaf00000 - 0xfaf1ffff (0x20000) MX [5] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX [6] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX [7] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX [8] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX [9] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX [10] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX [11] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX [12] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX [13] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX [14] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX [15] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX [16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX [17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d807 (0x8) IX [18] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX [19] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e407 (0x8) IX [20] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e807 (0x8) IX (II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI: [0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX [1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE [2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX [3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX [4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX [5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX [6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX (II) All system resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX [1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MXE [2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX [3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX [4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX [5] -1 0 0xfab00000 - 0xfab000ff (0x100) MX [6] -1 0 0xfac00000 - 0xfac000ff (0x100) MX [7] -1 0 0xfae00000 - 0xfae0ffff (0x10000) MX [8] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xebffffff (0x0) MXO [9] -1 0 0xfaf00000 - 0xfaf1ffff (0x20000) MX [10] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX [11] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX [12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX [13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX [14] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX [15] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX [16] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX [17] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX [18] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX [19] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX [20] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX [21] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX [22] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX [23] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX [24] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d807 (0x8) IX [25] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX [26] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e407 (0x8) IX [27] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e807 (0x8) IX (II) LoadModule: "dbe" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.so (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: "v4l" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/v4l_drv.so (II) Module v4l: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 0.0.1 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8 (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.so (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2 (II) Loading extension SHAPE (II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD (II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS (II) Loading extension SYNC (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (II) Loading extension XC-MISC (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension (II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) Loading extension TOG-CUP (II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) Loading extension X-Resource (II) LoadModule: "type1" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.so (II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.2 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4 (II) Loading font Type1 (II) Loading font CID (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so (II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 2.1.0 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4 (II) Loading font FreeType (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2 (II) Loading sub module "GLcore" (II) LoadModule: "GLcore" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so (II) Module GLcore: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2 (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.8762 Module class: X.Org Video Driver (II) LoadModule: "keyboard" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/keyboard_drv.so (II) Module keyboard: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5 (II) LoadModule: "mouse" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.so (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.3 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5 (II) v4l driver for Video4Linux (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 1.0-8762 Mon May 15 13:08:07 PDT 2006 (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found (II) Loading sub module "fb" (II) LoadModule: "fb" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.so (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2 (II) Loading sub module "ramdac" (II) LoadModule: "ramdac" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.so (II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8 (II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call: [0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX [1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX [2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX [3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX [4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX [5] -1 0 0xfab00000 - 0xfab000ff (0x100) MX [6] -1 0 0xfac00000 - 0xfac000ff (0x100) MX [7] -1 0 0xfae00000 - 0xfae0ffff (0x10000) MX [8] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xebffffff (0x0) MXO [9] -1 0 0xfaf00000 - 0xfaf1ffff (0x20000) MX [10] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX [11] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX [12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX [13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX [14] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX [15] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX [16] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX [17] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX [18] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX [19] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX [20] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX [21] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX [22] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX [23] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX [24] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d807 (0x8) IX [25] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX [26] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e407 (0x8) IX [27] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e807 (0x8) IX (II) resource ranges after probing: [0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX [1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX [2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX [3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX [4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX [5] -1 0 0xfab00000 - 0xfab000ff (0x100) MX [6] -1 0 0xfac00000 - 0xfac000ff (0x100) MX [7] -1 0 0xfae00000 - 0xfae0ffff (0x10000) MX [8] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xebffffff (0x0) MXO [9] -1 0 0xfaf00000 - 0xfaf1ffff (0x20000) MX [10] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX [11] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX [12] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS [13] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS [14] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS [15] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX [16] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX [17] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX [18] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX [19] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX [20] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX [21] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX [22] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX [23] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX [24] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX [25] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX [26] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX [27] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d807 (0x8) IX [28] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX [29] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e407 (0x8) IX [30] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e807 (0x8) IX [31] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS [32] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X (EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X (EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If (EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try (EE) NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver. (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0 (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.34.20.56.00 (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:1:0:0: (--) NVIDIA(0): LG 700B (CRT-0) (--) NVIDIA(0): LG 700B (CRT-0): 350.0 MHz maximum pixel clock (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0 (WW) NVIDIA(0): (WW) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select" (WW) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode. (WW) NVIDIA(0): (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes: (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select" (**) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size configured to be 1024 x 768 (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (78, 78); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config option (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp (II) do I need RAC? No, I don't. (II) resource ranges after preInit: [0] 0 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX [1] 0 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX [2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX [3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX [4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX [5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX [6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX [7] -1 0 0xfab00000 - 0xfab000ff (0x100) MX [8] -1 0 0xfac00000 - 0xfac000ff (0x100) MX [9] -1 0 0xfae00000 - 0xfae0ffff (0x10000) MX [10] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xebffffff (0x0) MXO [11] -1 0 0xfaf00000 - 0xfaf1ffff (0x20000) MX [12] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX [13] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX [14] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS(OprD) [15] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS(OprD) [16] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS(OprD) [17] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX [18] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX [19] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a8ff (0x100) IX [20] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX [21] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX [22] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c01f (0x20) IX [23] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX [24] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX [25] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX [26] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX [27] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX [28] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d403 (0x4) IX [29] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d807 (0x8) IX [30] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX [31] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e407 (0x8) IX [32] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e807 (0x8) IX [33] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS(OprU) [34] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS(OprU) (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select" (II) Loading extension NV-GLX (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized (II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled (**) Option "dpms" (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE (II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" (**) Keyboard1: Core Keyboard (**) Option "Protocol" "standard" (**) Keyboard1: Protocol: standard (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg" (**) Keyboard1: XkbRules: "xorg" (**) Keyboard1: XkbModel: "pc105" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "en_US" (**) Keyboard1: XkbLayout: "en_US" (**) Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" (**) Keyboard1: XkbOptions: "compose:rwin" (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off" (**) Keyboard1: CustomKeycodes disabled (**) Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" (**) Mouse1: Device: "/dev/mouse" (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "ExplorerPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" (==) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" (**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 6 and 7 (**) Mouse1: Buttons: 11 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard1" (type: KEYBOARD) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: Other) (II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded SetClientVersion: 0 9 (II) 3rd Button detected: disabling emulate3Button I'm using the Mandriva Linux 2006.0 cooker-Download-i586- 20050927 version and have recently updated all the repositories (main, mde, SoS2006, contrib, updates, both free nd non free plfs) Hope these suffice in locating the problem. Thanx again!!!

Hi there, ok i installed the nvidia drivers thru urpmi including dkms-nvidia, dkms-minimal and dkms. The source and the kernel match. Made necessary (seemingly correct) changes in xorg.conf....here's a copy of what it looks like: # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "en_US" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "700B " HorizSync 30-71 VertRefresh 50-160 # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection I make the changes in init3 then i log in. Now when i type # glxgears in the console, the screen blanks out and i enter the login screen again. It happens everytime i run any of the linux games. What do i do now?? :sad:

Then where will i get drivers for nvidia geforce 5200fx ( for free :P )?? Can u plz give some links?? Will urpmi take care of it after i have installed the source??

ok,thanx Scoonma......uname -a shows me this:- Linux localhost 2.6.12-12mdk #1 Fri Sep 9 18:15:22 CEST 2005 i686 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 2800+ unknown GNU/Linux So i guess the kernel i'm using is 2.6.12-12mdk.... Now for installation of the drivers i need to : 1) install the above kernel-source 2) configure nd compile it ..i was planning to refer to the link : http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/howto/tun...nelconfig.shtml for this step. 3) then use the urpmi command to install nvidia drivers Is that ok?? or am i missing some steps in between?? :unsure:

Well i guess i dont have a kernel-source after all :D as the /usr/src/ dir doesnt have a linux folder( or a soft link to it). Even the /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/ folder is empty. The lilo.conf file looks like this: # File generated by DrakX/drakboot # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file default="linux" boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/us.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent" vga=788 image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="resume=/dev/hda5" image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe resume=/dev/hda5" other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/hda2 label="windows1" table=/dev/hda .............. So now do i have to install a kernel source?? and which one?? P.S. i have this dir structure---> /lib/modules/2.6.12-12mdk/kernel/ which contains drivers, sound etc as subfolders. Does this have something to do with the installed kernel??

Which choice should i enter?? none of the entries match the kernel make that i have (ie 2.6.12-12mdk ). Pardon me if i misunderstood ur reply.

I'm running mandriva 2006 on amd 64 bit with nvidia geforce 5200fx (128mb). The control center detects the graphics card but there is no seperate nvidia display config menu. Games dont run on linux; even some heavy flash games (like 3D logic) run slowly. I tried to install drivers thru urpmi: [root@localhost parag]# urpmi --proxy=netmon.iitb.ac.in:80 --proxy-user=ask nvidia (i access net thru proxy where i stay) i get the following : One of the following packages is needed: 1- kernel-source-stripped-2.6.14.2mdk-2.6.14-2mdk.i586 : The source code of the Linux kernel stripped for post build. (to install) 2- kernel-source-2.6.14.2mdk-2.6.14-2mdk.i586 : The source code for the Linux kernel. (to install) 3- kernel-multimedia-source-2.6.14-0.mm.3.i586 : The source code for the Linux kernel (to install) 4- kernel-source-2.6-2.6.12-22mdk.i586 : The source code for the Linux kernel. (to install) 5- kernel-source-stripped-2.6-2.6.12-22mdk.i586 : The source code of the Linux kernel stripped for post build. (to install) 6- kernel-source-stripped-2.6.16.1mdk-1-1mdk.i586 : The source code of the Linux kernel stripped for post build. (to install) 7- kernel-source-2.6.16.1mdk-1-1mdk.i586 : The source code for the Linux kernel. (to install) What is your choice? (1-7) Am a little wary of recompiling the kernel nd so dunno where to go from here. I think my kernel is 2.6.12-12mdk ( as in /lib/modules/ folder). Me a noob in linux so plz help me out in installing the drivers. Thanx :)