bvc Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 lol, I was assuming it already said nv, which why I said to try vesa, lol. Does the powerpack still have the nvidia driver? If so, it was probably installed during install if you said you had nvidia or it detected it. So then, nv would be the way to go next, untill you get nvidia's driver from nvidia.com. Some have had issues with their display and had to disable acpi? or apic? at boot; linux 3 acpi=off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 try turningyour monitor on and off. My friend had a similar problem and that worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Thank, finaly i can get a console to login, and can you explain step by step how to config te XF86Config-4 file. I have heard of vi but never used it. I am a newbie. Thanks I finaly see some progress. Gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 (edited) I tried to config /etc/x11/xf86config-4 file. When I use the command -> cd /etc ->cd /x11 it give me file do not exit. Can you show me how to configure the /etc/x11/XF86Config-4 file? Thanks, Gregory Edited July 18, 2004 by Aliendrake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 At the command line, type "su", and then the root password, then type "mc". You will be presented with a gui ish type of file manager that is similar to the old dosshell program. It ts easy to navigate to files. Highlight the file you want to edit and hit F4. Yu are then in thefile and you can do what you need. Hit F2 to save your changes and F10 to exit. The navigation instructions are at the bottom of the screen. Go to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, hit F4, and find the section below. Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" EndSection Change to Driver "nv" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 I have change the driver to "nv" and than save it (F2) but after I save it it gives me "save as dialog box" and I tried to save it in the same file. It gives me a message that i cant save the file. What did I wrong? Gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 (edited) Thanks to you all that have support me with this problem, I appreciate that alot.. After I have change the driver to " nv " I was able to start x and go into the GUI Once again many thanks to you all Gregory Edited July 18, 2004 by Aliendrake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Good job! (Just a note to anyone reading this, you forgot to "su" to root before launching mc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 so if you changed it to nv, what was it? nvidia? (poewerpack nvidia driver?) Does the nvidia.com driver work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Hallo, guys After I was able to start X. what should I do to make X. to start automaticly without going via console? PS. Yes, bvc, it was powerpack nvidia geforce 3 (generic) driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Su to root, type "mc" and navigate to /etc/inittab Find a line near the top that says :id:3:initdefault: And change it to read :id:5:initdefault: Please be careful when editing this particular file. You can render your system unbootable by messing it up! (What if? cd1 rescue mode or MEPIS!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 I will try it when I go home. Every time when I boot I have to go: ESC-> linux 3-> username:-> password:-> su-> password:-> mc:-> etc/X11/XF86Config-4 F4-> change device: "nvidia" driver to "nv" F2-> F10-> F10-> exit-> When I exit "su"mode and Iam in nomal user mode, then can I start X and login in to GUI. But I want X to automaticly. When I do what you have what you have told me to do, change :id:3:initdefault: to :id:5:initdefault: will it then start the normal way? Thanks, Gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Your edit to XF86Config-4 should stay. In fact, what you describe is inittab already set to default 5 (gui) . You shuld only have to change the driver once. Are you saying that X re-writes itself back to the nvidia draiver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliendrake Posted July 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Yes. I saved the config-4. But after restart my computer I need to reconfig the nvdia driver again. Thanks for repling xthusdan, Gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 Instead of editing, try this: su to root and type "modprobe nvidia" Then startx. f ti works you can manually add the nvidia driver to /etc/modules.conf or reinstall the driver using the nvidia installer. Download it from http://www.nvidia.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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