Guest yodaky Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 I installed them just fine using a guide I found here. I recently downloaded updates using the update manager and upon rebooting I no longer have a graphical login. If I login and type startx then it acts as though it will boot up and shows the NVIDIA logo but returns errors and goes back to text based. I cannot remember the errors exactly but I can post them later if needed (I am at school). Can anyone point me in a direction to "look" for stuff to change? Thanx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Will need more detailson the errors and what you did. Which kernel and kernel source will be helpful. I assume you got no errors during the nnvidia install process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboy Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 There were recent security updates for X with the advisory dated 9/13. Did the update you referred to included those X updates and then immediately after that is when these problems occurred? As root, you could check /var/log/Xorg.0.log (there might be some earlier history log versions as well, so hopefully you have logs to compare both a good and bad startx event) to see if there are any definitive error messages (besides any other relevant messages you might get when doing startx from the CLI). As polemicz indicated, post them if you have problems resolving the errors, along with any other relevant info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yodaky Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Will need more detailson the errors and what you did. Which kernel and kernel source will be helpful. I assume you got no errors during the nnvidia install process. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had them installed previously with out issue until I updated last weekend. Ill post the errors in a bit. There were recent security updates for X with the advisory dated 9/13. Did the update you referred to included those X updates and then immediately after that is when these problems occurred? As root, you could check /var/log/Xorg.0.log (there might be some earlier history log versions as well, so hopefully you have logs to compare both a good and bad startx event) to see if there are any definitive error messages (besides any other relevant messages you might get when doing startx from the CLI). As polemicz indicated, post them if you have problems resolving the errors, along with any other relevant info. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I probably made a normal noob mistake and just told it to update everything ;) so I don't know if that was included, though I would assume so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 The answer is likely as simple as running the driver install routine again. This is because xorg gets corrupted so by doing the reinstall routine you set it up correctly again. When you reboot and get the command line again, type root, click enter then type in your root password then type in ls /<wherever you have saved the nvidia driver> and click enter. If this shows your nvidia driver then type in cd /<wherever you have saved the nvidia driver> and click enter. Type in sh < the full title of the nvidia driver> EXACTLY as it is shown. Note the spaces I have shown after ls and also cd and also after sh. Click enter and click yes all the way through until it tells you that the driver installation has been completed. Type in reboot and click enter again. I hope this clears your problem. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yodaky Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 The answer is likely as simple as running the driver install routine again. This is because xorg gets corrupted so by doing the reinstall routine you set it up correctly again. When you reboot and get the command line again, type root, click enter then type in your root password then type in ls /<wherever you have saved the nvidia driver> and click enter. If this shows your nvidia driver then type in cd /<wherever you have saved the nvidia driver> and click enter. Type in sh < the full title of the nvidia driver> EXACTLY as it is shown. Note the spaces I have shown after ls and also cd and also after sh. Click enter and click yes all the way through until it tells you that the driver installation has been completed. Type in reboot and click enter again. I hope this clears your problem. John. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ok, i have tried the above and a couple of other things such as running ./nvidia-installer and ./nvidia-installer --add-this-kernel and rpm -qa | grep kernel below is log for the installer when it errors out: nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Fri Sep 23 23:58:13 2005 option status: license pre-accepted : false update : false force update : false expert : false uninstall : false driver info : false no precompiled interface: false no ncurses color : false query latest driver ver : false OpenGL header files : true no questions : false silent : false no backup : false kernel module only : false sanity : false add this kernel : false no runlevel check : false no network : false no ABI note : false no RPMs : false force tls : (not specified) force compat32 tls : (not specified) X install prefix : /usr/X11R6 OpenGL install prefix : /usr compat32 install prefix : (not specified) installer install prefix: /usr utility install prefix : /usr kernel name : (not specified) kernel include path : (not specified) kernel source path : (not specified) kernel output path : (not specified) kernel install path : (not specified) proc mount point : /proc ui : (not specified) tmpdir : /root/tmp ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com RPM file list : (not specified) Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface -> License accepted. -> There appears to already be a driver installed on your system (version: 1.0- 7676). As part of installing this driver (version: 1.0-7676), the existing driver will be uninstalled. Are you sure you want to continue? ('no' will a bort installation) (Answer: Yes) -> A precompiled kernel interface for kernel 'Linux 2.6.11-6mdk #1 Tue Mar 22 16:04:32 CET 2005 i686' has been found here: ./usr/src/nv/precompiled/precompiled-nv-linux.o-1.0-7676.1124722907. executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; /usr/bin/ld -d -r -o nvidia.ko precompiled-nv-l inux.o nv-kernel.o'... -> Kernel module linked successfully. ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'. This is most likely because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel source files. Please make sure you have installed the kernel source files for your kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the 'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel source files are installed, you may specify the kernel source path with the '--kernel-source-path' commandline option. -> Kernel module load error: insmod: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko': -1 Invalid module format -> Kernel messages: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.102 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=111 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=9 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=91 nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.0.102 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=111 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=10 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=91 ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1 ISOFS: changing to secondary root ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' nvidia: version magic '2.6.11-12mdk 686 gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.11-6mdk 686 gcc-3.4' ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aomighty Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 Maybe with the X updates it rendered your precompiled drivers bad (I know it does that with kernel updates), dunno. Try ./nvidia-installer --uninstall and then re-run it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yodaky Posted September 24, 2005 Report Share Posted September 24, 2005 Maybe with the X updates it rendered your precompiled drivers bad (I know it does that with kernel updates), dunno. Try ./nvidia-installer --uninstall and then re-run it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> that did it! then i ran the command aussiejohn supplied and now im back in business. very much appreciated you two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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