Nvidia drivers problem

[Guest sas]

I have installed the nvidia drivers however they wouldn't start without modprobe so i read the faq in the readme and i have edited my /etc/modules.conf file to read

 

alias char-major-195 NVdriver

alias usb-interface usb-ohci

alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1

options hisax id=HiSax protocol=2

probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi

alias ippp0 hisax

 

i'm using mandrake 8.2

 

i've posted this on teh other board but i've posted it here as well, just in case

[Guest anon]

What does your /etc/X11/X86Config-4 say ?? (post it)

Where did you get nvidia from ?? version etc

Did you use rpm or srpm ?

[Guest sas]

bah i'm in windows atm (still gotta sort my isdn card out for linux) i'll have to post that later (gotta get some work done)

 

i used the 1.0-2960.tar.gz from nvidia's site

[Guest sas]

can't see where theres an attach function on the board...

 

 

# File generated by XFdrake.

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

 

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

 

# 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

 

# **********************************************************************

# Server flags section.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "ServerFlags"

 

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is

# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may

# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

#NoTrapSignals

 

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence

# This allows clients to receive this key event.

#DontZap

 

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching

# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.

#DontZoom

 

# This allows the server to start up even if the

# mouse device can't be opened/initialised.

AllowMouseOpenFail

 

EndSection

 

# **********************************************************************

# Input devices

# **********************************************************************

 

# **********************************************************************

# Keyboard section

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "InputDevice"

 

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "Keyboard"

Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"

 

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

 

EndSection

 

# **********************************************************************

# Pointer section

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "InputDevice"

 

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

Option "Emulate3Buttons"

Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

 

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

 

# Option "ChordMiddle"

 

EndSection

 

 

 

Section "Module"

 

# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe"

 

# This loads the Video for Linux module.

Load "v4l"

# This loads GLX

Load "glx"

 

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables

# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.

 

SubSection "extmod"

#Option "omit xfree86-dga"

EndSubSection

 

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules

 

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

EndSection

 

# **********************************************************************

# Monitor section

# **********************************************************************

 

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Unknown"

ModelName "Unknown"

 

 

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.

# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a

# comma separated list of ranges of values.

# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S

# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 30-70

 

 

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.

# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a

# comma separated list of ranges of values.

# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S

# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 50-120

 

 

# This is a set of extended mode timings typically used for laptop,

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# These are available along with standard mode timings.

 

# 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

 

# 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

 

 

 

# **********************************************************************

# Graphics device section

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "Generic VGA"

Driver "vga"

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"

VendorName "Unknown"

BoardName "Unknown"

Driver "nvidia"

# VideoRam 65536

# Clock lines

 

 

# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block

# instead of the cursor!

# Option "sw_cursor"

 

Option "DPMS" "on"

EndSection

 

 

 

# **********************************************************************

# Screen sections

# **********************************************************************

 

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 32

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

Screen "screen1"

 

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

 

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

[Guest anon]

Your file above seems OK in fact you have the same card as me.

The latest tar file for 8.2 is : http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-...1.0-3123.tar.gz

 

Which is different from the one you d-loaded, I sugest you try that or the pre-compiled rpm : http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/1.0-....18_10.i386.rpm

If you try the above, remember to get the matching glx file and remove the old nvidia kernel before proceeding.

[Glitz]

Try getting rid of:

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 32

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

 

Glitz.

[Guest frew]

Arg, I have been trying to install the nvidia drivers on 9.0 and I am getting those silly symbols messages...hehehe, but seriously...what is wrong? It builds fine, but When I install it it just error essages for a lot of loaded modules.

[bvc]

Arg is rt. At least you can rebuild them. I've been helping users all week, all the require pkgs are install (devel), I even compiled my kernel, but not nvidia :?

[qeldroma]

Please have a look at the "LINKS" above, there you will find TEXSTAR, and there, under "/contrib" well working LM9-NVIDIA-rpm's..