WmCook Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 Which video driver should I download from the Nvidia site for my ASUS V7100PRO64Pure64MB Video: IA 32 IA 64 Free BSD nForce Drivers I had to change the XF86Config-4 file to "nv" (with much help) to get the system to start. Also, the FAQ describes the installation by downloading the file to the target computer. The "Linux" computer is not online. Can I transfer the files to my "Linux" computer on a CDR after download and then install them? Thanks, Will AMD 2500+ EPOX EP-8RDA+ Plextor CDR ASUS V7100PRO64Pure64MB Video WD HD 80GB 7200RPM 8MB WD800JB Logitech Keyboard and Mouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 IA 32 Unless you have a 64 Bit processor, which you don't. ;) And yes, you can transfer the file over via CDR or however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 Or you could get the ones from our sight (at the top of the page, in downloads!) :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmCook Posted October 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 I loaded the drivers using the FAC as a guide, edited the Config-4 file and everything seemed to go according to plan until I rebooted. I got the message: NV: could not get NV card info (invalid argument) (EE) NVIDIA(0) Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module (EE) Screen(s) found but none have a usable configuration Fatal server error: no screens found Any ideas? -Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 post the module and device sections of your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and your /etc/modules.conf file to get into X, su to root and; modprobe nvidia exit startx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmCook Posted October 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 Module Load "dbe" "glx" "V41" "extmod" "type1" "freetype" Device Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)" Option "DPMS" /etc/modules.conf probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi probeall usb-interface usb-ohci ehci-hcd alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss alias char-major-195 nvidia There she is -Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 your Device Section has no driver...add Driver "nvidia" so that it looks like; Identifier "device1" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)" Driver "nvidia" Option "DPMS" Assuming you have the latest driver, change /etc/modules.conf to; probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi probeall usb-interface usb-ohci ehci-hcd alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0 above snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia #alias char-major-195 nvidia I d/k why this is randomly happening to people. Did you try modprobe nvidia ? If so, what happened? Also, add nvidia to /etc/modules (not modules.conf....modules) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmCook Posted October 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 Made the changes. In the /etc/modules file "NVdriver" is also listed -should it be there? Unfortunately it still won't start. When booting in failsafe there is the line: modprobe - Can't locate module fb0 once when I tried "modprobe nvidia" I got the message "insmod nvidia failed". I haven't been able to replicate this failure since when I start in failsafe, change to root ,type "modprobe nvidia", exit then type "startx" at the sh-2.05b prompt, I get the message "command not found" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 Comment out the NVdriver as well; #NVdriver fb0 shouldn't be a prob. If you have; sh-2.05b for a prompt something's not rt. I've had that on a perfectly good install and all was ok, but on a new install?......I d/k After the above, start linux instead of failsafe and if X fails try modprobe nvidia startx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted October 5, 2003 Report Share Posted October 5, 2003 That looks like the Single-user Mode prompt. Is that where Failsafe puts you? Can you run X in Failsafe? I was not aware that you could. I thought Failsafe was only supposed to load system-vital modules and leave extraneous ones like framebuffer support, sound, etc out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmCook Posted October 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2003 No luck, (Emoticon inserted at 9yo son's insistance) It does say in failsafe "Going single user". When I tried to start Linux I ended up with a blank screen. How can I get to a prompt while starting Linux - before or during the blank screen that will allow me to try modprobe nvidia startx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted October 6, 2003 Report Share Posted October 6, 2003 Try Ctrl-Alt-(F2 or F3 or F4, etc) You could also try to hit I, during boot, when it asks you if you want to boot interactively (on a relatively fast machine, you actually have to hit I just before it asks, becuase if you hold it down too long, it doesn't recognize it when it needs to and if you wait for it to say that, you aren't quick enough) and see if there are any errors at any stage. Tell it not to attempt to start x or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmCook Posted October 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2003 When I boot interactively there are no errors (everything "OK") until it ends with a blank screen. How do I tell it not to start X. The closest I could find was "Starting X Font Server". When I said not to start it, I still ended up at the blank screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmCook Posted October 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2003 Should I simply do a total reinstall? Perhaps this is all due to "Operator error" and I screwed something up along the way. I know it would go faster this time around (e.g., it must have taken me 45 minutes just to discover "i" would allow me to edit a file). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted October 6, 2003 Report Share Posted October 6, 2003 To start without x, at lilo hit esc and type "linux 3" If you can boot to a prompt, log in and type startx. It will render an error list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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