X not starting at all
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Hello,
it's me again.
Thanks again for the help you guys gave me when I had a problem with my modules.
from when I had installed Woody, I was not able to startx as I have a Geforce4 MX 440 SE which was not supported by the nv driver in X (I have version 4.1.0.1)
I got a new driver from the Nvidia site (the latest is pkg2 I think, I have pkg0 ).I installed it and yet startx would not work.
The pkg-# on the nvidia driver's really don't matter; the only difference in the different numbers is the precompiled kernel versions already in the package; and since the package includes the source it can compile the kernel module in a couple minutes if your kernel version doesn't happen to be one of the supported versions in the package.
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since X loads its drivers from
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers, I moved the new NV module (nvidia.ko ) and renamed it nv_drv.o which was the nv driver (this is illogical, I know , but I was desperate.....)and it gave me another error message module does not have nvModuledata data object and died on me. I just got Gnome 2.4 and I'm desperate to install it.
This (obviously) doesn't work. What it is, is the nvidia driver has two parts; a kernel module (the nvidia.ko file), and a X driver. When you run the installer from nvidia's website, they should install to the correct locations - you shouldn't need to move any files (the correct locations are /lib/modules/2.6.1/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko & /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o). What you will need to do is edit the X config file, usually /etc/X11/XF86Config or XF86Config-4. In this file, you need to go to the display device section and change the line that says:
Driver "nv"
to say
Driver "nvidia"
Also, assuming you want OpenGL support, make sure the XF86Config file also has a line that says:
Load "glx"
That should be it: run the install program & edit XF86Config.
If you still have any problems, check nvidia's README at <ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-5328/README>
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So anybody with the ideas flashing,
HELP!
thanx in advance,
Joy
Hope this helps,
Conway S. Smith
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This (obviously) doesn't work. What it is, is the nvidia driver has two parts; a kernel module (the nvidia.ko file), and a X driver. When you run the installer from nvidia's website, they should install to the correct locations - you shouldn't need to move any files (the correct locations are
/lib/modules/2.6.1/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko&/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o). What you will need to do is edit the X config file, usually/etc/X11/XF86Configor XF86Config-4. In this file, you need to go to the display device section and change the line that says:
Driver "nv"
to say
Driver "nvidia"
Thanks again, the problem was that nvidia_drv.o was not being placed in the right place (/usr/...)
I had to do a find .|grep nvidia to find the module(buried in the NVIDIA...... installation directory)
and cp it to the right place <phew>. Now xinit works fine but startx hangs. Also my shiny new 2.6.1 kernel locks hard pretty often (considering that my 2.4 kernel never did) Any ideas as to Why???????
and how do I change the resolution?
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