How to Install Nvidia Driver? [solved]

[toxic]

I do not have any of those two files.

 

When I try to get to the status file I can only get to this point “/proc/driver/” /driver/ is empty.

And inside /var/log/ there is no file name XFree86.0.log

[daniewicz]

If you do not have /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status then the driver was not correctly installed.

 

With regard to the other file. Sorry, my mistake. Do you have /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

[toxic]

I tryed to install the nvidia driver again but the problem stil remains.

 

Yes I do have a "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" what should I do with it?

 

But I still don't have a "/proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status" file??????

[VeeDubb]

you said that you are getting the nvidia logo on boot. Is this still correct? If so, at what point are you getting it? Are you seeing an nvidia logo just after you press the power button, or is it just before the desktop loads?

 

Also, what is the EXACT filename of the nvidia driver you're trying to load?

 

 

Last, try this: When you get to lilo (that's the boot loader that asks you about things like linux, linux nofb and failsafe) hit escape.

 

you should be taken to a text prompt that lists all of those options where you can type one of them in. What I want you to type is 'linux 3'

 

That will boot you into a console. Then, just log in as yourself, and enter the command 'startx'

 

Hopefully, when that fails, it will return you to a screen with a usefull eror message on it, let us knowwhat it says.

[daniewicz]

Yes I do have a "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" what should I do with it?

 

Does it look like there are any errors being reported in it?

[toxic]

To VeeDubb.

 

I get the nVidia logo just before the desktop loads.

The nVidia driver name is "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7174-pkg1.run"

 

Also when I type startx it just goes into the desktop inviroment and then after a while it hangs like always. And there is nothing to du than reboot the machine.

 

To daniewicz.

 

I have looked at the Xorg.0.log but as far as I know I can not see there is any error in the file

 

again thx for helping.

[daniewicz]

Here is a section of my XF86Config:

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

VendorName "nVidia Corporation"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "DPMS"

Option "NvAGP" "3"

EndSection

 

Try using "NvAGP" "3" and "NvAGP" "1"

[toxic]

OK now it works

I typed Option ”NvAGP” ”3” and now it dosn't hang

 

But now I have a new question. Because sometimes my screen goes black for like 2 seconds and then the black screen disapears again like nothing has happend. Do you know what could be? This is not somethings that has happend after I typed ”NvAGP” ”3” it has done that the hole time.

[daniewicz]

Maybe your video card is operating in the wrong AGP mode? Maybe some settings in the BIOS need to be adjusted (like Fast Writes or SBA)?

 

What do you see when you type:

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status

[toxic]

when i cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status

it gives me

"AGP initialization failed, please check the ouput

of the 'dmesg' command and/or your system log file

for additional information on this problem."

 

 

But I updated mdk and I do not have any problem at all.

[toxic]

what can I do when the reply is

 

when i cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status

it gives me

"AGP initialization failed, please check the ouput

of the 'dmesg' command and/or your system log file

for additional information on this problem."

 

????

[tyme]

try running:

dmesg | grep nvidia

or:

dmesg | grep agp

and let us know if you get any output, and if so, what it is

[toxic]

hi.

 

when I type "dmesg | grep nvidia"

it replys nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.

and when I type "dmesg | grep agp"

 

it gives me

"Linux agpgart interface v0.100 © Dave Jones

agpgart: Detected SiS 746 chipset

agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 690M

agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xd0000000"

[tyme]

that was less helpful than i thought :/

 

check the xorg log again (as you did earlier) and see if there's any sort of useful error messages in there.

[toxic]

I can't see any errors in the Xlog file.

 

But Everything works fine so I don't wanna waist any more time on solving something that is working.

So thanx for you help