Hi Anders, Thanks for info, but I must have screwed things up much more than I thought. Neither "nvidia" or "nv" appear in my /etc/X11/XF86Config. In fact, the word "Driver" is not there either. It looks like a re-install is coming up. Which is a shame because I had got all my basic stuff set up and just about working the way I wanted it.
On Thursday 29 November 2001 01:33, Dave Barton wrote:
I have succeeded in screwing up my X configuration while trying to install the nvidia drivers, now I can't start X. Can anyone offer advice on how to restore the original Suse 7.3 nv configuration, without completely re-installing.
Boot to runlevel 3. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config replacing Driver "nvidia" with Driver "nv", and remove the line that says Load "glx"
But before you do, you could look at the symlink /usr/lib/libGL.so. That one messed up my X when I installed the nvidia drivers. I had to fix it by hand. It should point to /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
Also, is there a "simple" text editor (something like DOS Edit) that can be used to edit config files outside the X server. While I am sure that editors like vim have wonderful and powerful features for those of you who have been working with them for years, I am a newbie to Linux and for the moment I just need to get a simple job done in the simplest way I can. Maybe later on I will discover the power and features of vi etc.
Try pico. It's a fairly intuitive, textbased editor
Yep! pico was pretty much what I was looking for.
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On Thursday 29 November 2001 03:03, Dave Barton wrote:
Hi Anders,
Thanks for info, but I must have screwed things up much more than I thought. Neither "nvidia" or "nv" appear in my /etc/X11/XF86Config. In fact, the word "Driver" is not there either. It looks like a re-install is coming up. Which is a shame because I had got all my basic stuff set up and just about working the way I wanted it.
If your XF86Config is totally fscked, run sax2 from the console. It will recreate the config for you, so you don't have to reinstall anything. //Anders
* Dave Barton (bmcs@ozemail.com.au) [011128 18:06]: ->Hi Anders, -> ->Thanks for info, but I must have screwed things up much more than I ->thought. Neither "nvidia" or "nv" appear in my /etc/X11/XF86Config. In ->fact, the word "Driver" is not there either. It looks like a ->re-install is coming up. Which is a shame because I had got all my ->basic stuff set up and just about working the way I wanted it. Don't reinstall because X was messed up. You can rerun sax2 and just input the correct data and it will recreate your XF86Config file for you... Are there other issues? Maybe we can help with them. You shouldn't have to reinstall. -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" -AE
Try going through Sax2, that should do it (its something like sax2 or Sax2). Matt On Wednesday 28 November 2001 06:03 pm, Dave Barton wrote:
Hi Anders,
Thanks for info, but I must have screwed things up much more than I thought. Neither "nvidia" or "nv" appear in my /etc/X11/XF86Config. In fact, the word "Driver" is not there either. It looks like a re-install is coming up. Which is a shame because I had got all my basic stuff set up and just about working the way I wanted it.
Use this: sax2 -m 0=nvidia This helps sax2 address the nvidia card specifically. This should get you up and running. But you'll most likely not have real 3D and you'll either not be using the Nvidia drivers but SuSE's fake drivers (don't forget to make sure there installed in the first place). Then go to www.nvidia.com and go to the linux drivers dl page. You can get rpm's for your distro. For SuSE I got NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1541.suse73.i386.rpm and NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1541.suse73.i386.rpm After you run sax2 (with the above command) and have a working X server then give the following command rpm -e mesasoft This will remove the mesa drivers that conflict with the nvidia drivers (that's if the mesa drivers were installed - they usually are by default). Then go to where you have the drivers for nvidia and do the following as root (forgive me if I'm redundant - just want to cover all the bases). install the GLX drivers first with: rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1541.suse73.i386.rpm --nodeps --force then follow with rpm -Uhv NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1541.suse73.i386.rpm --force Then use your favorite editor (as root) and open XF86Config in the /etc/X11 dir. Change these sections to read as follows: Section "Module" Load "type1" Load "speedo" Load "extmod" # this is also needed gl and nvidia Load "freetype" Load "record" Load "glx" # this is the line that will enable the nvidia GL/3D Load "xie" Load "pex5" Section "Device" BoardName "NV11" Driver "nvidia" # this line will likely read as "nv" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "sw_cursor" # this is an option but not always needed Screen 0 VendorName "NVidia" Videoram 32768 EndSection other options are like Option "fifo_aggressive" 1 Option "fifo_moderate" 1 Option "fifo_conservative" 1 and actually there are a few others as well. These might or might not make a difference or cause problems. Do this after you've done the following and everything is working. That way if they do cause a problem and the X server won't load then you can simply comment them out like #Option "fifo_aggressive" 1 in something pico editor. After you've made the Driver and GLX changes to the XF86Config file - reboot the system (I know sounds like windows - but this helps the drivers and the bios talk correctly). Then after you've booted type switch2nvidia_glx and then in the console type gears and enjoy! HTH, Cheers. Curtis On Wednesday 28 November 2001 20:03, Dave Barton wrote:
Hi Anders,
Thanks for info, but I must have screwed things up much more than I thought. Neither "nvidia" or "nv" appear in my /etc/X11/XF86Config. In fact, the word "Driver" is not there either. It looks like a re-install is coming up. Which is a shame because I had got all my basic stuff set up and just about working the way I wanted it.
On Thursday 29 November 2001 01:33, Dave Barton wrote:
I have succeeded in screwing up my X configuration while trying to install the nvidia drivers, now I can't start X. Can anyone offer advice on how to restore the original Suse 7.3 nv configuration, without completely re-installing.
Boot to runlevel 3. Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config replacing Driver
"nvidia" with
Driver "nv", and remove the line that says Load "glx"
But before you do, you could look at the symlink /usr/lib/libGL.so.
That one
messed up my X when I installed the nvidia drivers. I had to fix it
by hand.
It should point to /usr/lib/libGL.so.1
Also, is there a "simple" text editor (something like DOS Edit)
that
can be used to edit config files outside the X server. While I am
sure
that editors like vim have wonderful and powerful features for
those
of you who have been working with them for years, I am a newbie to Linux and for the moment I just need to get a simple job done in
the
simplest way I can. Maybe later on I will discover the power and features of vi etc.
Try pico. It's a fairly intuitive, textbased editor
Yep! pico was pretty much what I was looking for.
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Same here
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
No, but sent from linux.
It's a trade-off, a free (IMHO good) av program, in exchange my e-mails carry their ad.
Regards Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.298 / Virus Database: 161 - Release Date: 13.11.2001
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