Richiev

I am about to give up and buy Mandrake 10 Official

 

If I do will it install the nvidia drivers by default, saving me the hassle, or will I have to install the drivers my self, and repeat this (long) process.

 

Will the drivers that come with the software be designed specificaly for this distro.

 

I would really like to continue using linux and have been encoraged by the support I have recived here.

 

Thanks again for everyones help.

 

RichieV

 

:mdk:

My system is as follows

 

AuthenticAMD 1800+ @ 1544 MHz

 

Number Of Processors: 1

 

NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500

 

I installed Version: 1.0-5336 from Nvidias website

 

My monitor is a generic 19inch CRT

 

Thanks again

Just another thing

 

This was on screen after i tried the commands that aRTee suggested.

 

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!

(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***

(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"

(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"

(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a

(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

 

Fatal server error:

no screens found

Hi All

 

I have tried the command suggested by aRTee but with no sucsess

 

mdkkdm did nothing, just said unknown command

and

kdm made the screen flash about 5 times and then return to the shell i was using.

 

I did find this in another forum but i am unsure where to put it within the XF86Config file

 

I have a crt monitor so I added the line,

option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP, TV"

and it now boots perfectly.

 

from here http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread...&threadid=25013

 

does anyone know where it should go or even if it is of any use.

Right

 

Firstly, thanks for everyone for the help and advice,

 

I tried typing "modprobe nvidia" and then "startx"

 

and got the following message

 

INIT: Switching to runlevel: 3

Stopping dm: [OK]

 

And nothing else happened.

 

I also tried re installing the driver but with the same result, Blank screen etc.

 

 

Any other suggestions

Thanks for you help, i will give it a try tomorrow.

 

Thanks

 

Richie

yes i think i install out side of x I followed the instructions from here http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/nvidiainst.html

 

but now i come to think of it i don't remember loging out, i only types telinit 3. I then istalled using the sh command

 

i did recive this message 'Failed to initialize the Nvidia kernal module'

 

I am totaly new to linux and have very little experiance in the konsole.

 

Thanks again

Yes, i installed the driver, it went through all the checks and retuned me to the konsole, i edited the config file (see below) and when i restarted x nothing happened. The following is my XF86Config-4 file which i changed the 'nv' to 'nvidia'

 

# 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"

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

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" "gb"

Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Plug'n Play"

HorizSync 30-85

VertRefresh 50-150

 

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?

# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync

ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

 

# 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 Corporation"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce3 (generic)"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Virtual 1280 1024

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

Screen "screen1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

EndSection

 

I hope you can help.

 

Thanks again

 

Richie

When Try editing the config file, i get a blank screen after re-starting KDE (startx), i edited the file using kwrite when i looged on as root

I have been trying to install the Nvidia drivers on Mandrake 9.2 Download Edition but with little success, If I was to purchase the new version of Mandrake 10 (the stable version that will be release around may) would the Nvidia drivers be installed by default, saving me the problem of installing them separately, also are there any other benefits of purchasing the software rather than downloading it, apart from supporting future development.

 

Any info on installing the drivers or purchasing the software would be very useful.

 

Thanks

 

Richie