Quoting Basil Chupin
Geoff Horn wrote:
On Friday 15 August 2003 8:09 pm, Matthew Johnson wrote:
Ready for one last shot at this Fred? snip
I just do what the SuSE Nvidia HowTo says, but after using Sax2 I always have to edit the generated XF86Config and replace the driver "nv" with "nvidia". Otherwise the procedure works fine for me.
Geoff
A 'couple' of questions. Are you able to get a console when you press CTRL-ALT-F1 to F6 or do you get a black screen? Do you get a flashing multi-coloured screen when you press CTRL-ALT-F1 or when shutting down? Which CPU are you running, an Intel or and Athlon?
I'm using an Athlon processor with the k_athlon (2.4.20 kernel) from FTP Install. gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux) uname -a Linux dev2 2.4.20-4GB-athlon #1 Wed Apr 16 14:44:03 UTC 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux I've finally got the Nvidia installer to work, however it fails when I run SaX2 with SaX.log finishing with (II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (width too large for virtual size) (EE) NVIDIA(0): No modes remaining for display device CRT-0 (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" (II) UnloadModule: "int10" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a (II) UnloadModule: "ddc" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found I've got Geforce 440 MX and a 17" Unbranded Monitor that has worked previously. Is anyone able to help, please. Adam ----- End forwarded message -----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 16 August 2003 06:09, Adam Leach wrote: <snip>
I'm using an Athlon processor with the k_athlon (2.4.20 kernel) from FTP Install.
gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux) uname -a Linux dev2 2.4.20-4GB-athlon #1 Wed Apr 16 14:44:03 UTC 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
I've finally got the Nvidia installer to work, however it fails when I run SaX2 with SaX.log finishing with
<snip>
I've got Geforce 440 MX and a 17" Unbranded Monitor that has worked previously. Is anyone able to help, please.
Okay, I finally did the YOU update, got the patched kernel. When it was done, it told the thing about having to reinstall the nvidia drivers. No problem, I'd already downloaded the 4496.run package. (I hated to do this next, because I was at 36 days uptime! heh)...I restarted the system, at the place where I choose which OS to run, I instead type 'init 3' (no quotes), enter as root, and once there I enter 'mc' and navigate to where the nvidia file is. Now, I did the 'export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes' and hit enter, then typed in 'sh <nvidia package.run>', and it did what it had to, then it told me to run sax2 from there also. Still in mc, I just typed sax2, and entered the pertinent info. Your monitor settings is what's giving the headaches I bet. If you don't know the freq's it works at, you'll have to do a bunch of experimenting while in sax2, keep trying the different offered settings til one works. Then enable 3D, let it test it, finish, and you should be good to go. Once it's all done and your looking at mc again, just type 'reboot' and that should be it. The newest drivers gave me an extra 100fps, which I won't complain about, going from 1893fps to 1993fps on a mx400 32MB card. John - -- 11:29:21 up 35 days, 57 min, 4 users, load average: 2.03, 0.94, 0.37 11:20:36 up 10:25, 3 users, load average: 1.30, 1.14, 1.03 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/PloMH5oDXyLKXKQRAvEaAJ4moV5XZ/4O5+xp9Zn2NYTUwCLMYwCgr8Jq nLn7pDuk1DM1cWOVd5PDqWQ= =ChdP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
John wrote:
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On Saturday 16 August 2003 06:09, Adam Leach wrote:
<snip>
I'm using an Athlon processor with the k_athlon (2.4.20 kernel) from FTP Install.
gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux) uname -a Linux dev2 2.4.20-4GB-athlon #1 Wed Apr 16 14:44:03 UTC 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
I've finally got the Nvidia installer to work, however it fails when I run SaX2 with SaX.log finishing with
<snip>
I've got Geforce 440 MX and a 17" Unbranded Monitor that has worked previously. Is anyone able to help, please.
Okay, I finally did the YOU update, got the patched kernel. When it was done, it told the thing about having to reinstall the nvidia drivers. No problem, I'd already downloaded the 4496.run package. (I hated to do this next, because I was at 36 days uptime! heh)...I restarted the system, at the place where I choose which OS to run, I instead type 'init 3' (no quotes), enter as root, and once there I enter 'mc' and navigate to where the nvidia file is. Now, I did the 'export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes' and hit enter, then typed in 'sh <nvidia package.run>', and it did what it had to, then it told me to run sax2 from there also. Still in mc, I just typed sax2, and entered the pertinent info. Your monitor settings is what's giving the headaches I bet. If you don't know the freq's it works at, you'll have to do a bunch of experimenting while in sax2, keep trying the different offered settings til one works. Then enable 3D, let it test it, finish, and you should be good to go. Once it's all done and your looking at mc again, just type 'reboot' and that should be it. The newest drivers gave me an extra 100fps, which I won't complain about, going from 1893fps to 1993fps on a mx400 32MB card.
John
OK, I just gave up on the new 4496 nVidia driver. I thought I would reinstall it following the above instructions (even though I've done something similar several times), but before doing so I ran GEARS and got a response of 3083 fps (I have a Geforce4 MMX 440 card 64Mb DDR). I then uninstalled 4496 and reinstalled it. All my troubles were still there (black screen on CTRL-ALT-F1/F6 and the multi-coloured screen on reboot); but this time GEARS gave me a reading of 2876 fps. Great. So, I got all sick and tired of 4496, uninstalled it and reinstalled the earlier 4363 (released April). Everything is now fine: no black screens (CTRL-ALT-F2 etc) work correctly, no flashing multi-coloured screens. And GEARS is giving me a reading of 3212 fps. nVidia can take a running jump, and I'll wait until they get their act together and come up with something that works correctly. I have a very strong feeling that my next video card will have nothing to do with nVidia. (BTW, FYI re GEARS. If you want to make your neighbour really envious about what your card can do just make the Gears window smaller. My card actually got up to 6096 fps, and I could have gone higher. Also, the fps reading depends on where you move the gears window.) -- Understanding only begins with the act of perception.
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 13:53, Basil Chupin wrote:
John wrote:
On Saturday 16 August 2003 06:09, Adam Leach wrote:
I'm using an Athlon processor with the k_athlon (2.4.20 kernel) from FTP Install.
gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux) uname -a Linux dev2 2.4.20-4GB-athlon #1 Wed Apr 16 14:44:03 UTC 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
I've finally got the Nvidia installer to work, however it fails when I run SaX2 with SaX.log finishing with
<snip>
I've got Geforce 440 MX and a 17" Unbranded Monitor that has worked previously. Is anyone able to help, please.
Okay, I finally did the YOU update, got the patched kernel. When it was done, it told the thing about having to reinstall the nvidia drivers. No problem, I'd already downloaded the 4496.run package. (I hated to do this next, because I was at 36 days uptime! heh)...I restarted the system, at the place where I choose which OS to run, I instead type 'init 3' (no quotes), enter as root, and once there I enter 'mc' and navigate to where the nvidia file is. Now, I did the 'export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes' and hit enter, then typed in 'sh <nvidia package.run>', and it did what it had to, then it told me to run sax2 from there also. Still in mc, I just typed sax2, and entered the pertinent info. Your monitor settings is what's giving the headaches I bet. If you don't know the freq's it works at, you'll have to do a bunch of experimenting while in sax2, keep trying the different offered settings til one works. Then enable 3D, let it test it, finish, and you should be good to go. Once it's all done and your looking at mc again, just type 'reboot' and that should be it. The newest drivers gave me an extra 100fps, which I won't complain about, going from 1893fps to 1993fps on a mx400 32MB card.
John
OK, I just gave up on the new 4496 nVidia driver.
I thought I would reinstall it following the above instructions (even though I've done something similar several times), but before doing so I ran GEARS and got a response of 3083 fps (I have a Geforce4 MMX 440 card 64Mb DDR). I then uninstalled 4496 and reinstalled it. All my troubles were still there (black screen on CTRL-ALT-F1/F6 and the multi-coloured screen on reboot); but this time GEARS gave me a reading of 2876 fps. Great.
So, I got all sick and tired of 4496, uninstalled it and reinstalled the earlier 4363 (released April).
Everything is now fine: no black screens (CTRL-ALT-F2 etc) work correctly, no flashing multi-coloured screens. And GEARS is giving me a reading of 3212 fps.
nVidia can take a running jump, and I'll wait until they get their act together and come up with something that works correctly. I have a very strong feeling that my next video card will have nothing to do with nVidia.
(BTW, FYI re GEARS. If you want to make your neighbour really envious about what your card can do just make the Gears window smaller. My card actually got up to 6096 fps, and I could have gone higher. Also, the fps reading depends on where you move the gears window.)
I've just tried the above and have got slightly closer. I've got a ATI
Rage card on another machine that the monitor was justed with, so I
copied the XF86Config file and all seems to work with the nv driver, but
nvidia driver just provides a blank screen.
If I try and run SaX2 it just fails. Has anyone got a XF86Config file
working for 440mx card, then I'll try pasting my Monitor config into it.
Can anyone suggest a good Linux graphics card. I really need TV for its
future used. (haven't tried that yet on my Nvidia card yet, thats the
next nightmare)
Adam
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Adam Leach
Adam Leach wrote:
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 13:53, Basil Chupin wrote:
John wrote:
On Saturday 16 August 2003 06:09, Adam Leach wrote:
I'm using an Athlon processor with the k_athlon (2.4.20 kernel) from FTP Install.
gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030226 (prerelease) (SuSE Linux) uname -a Linux dev2 2.4.20-4GB-athlon #1 Wed Apr 16 14:44:03 UTC 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
I've finally got the Nvidia installer to work, however it fails when I run SaX2 with SaX.log finishing with
<snip>
I've got Geforce 440 MX and a 17" Unbranded Monitor that has worked previously. Is anyone able to help, please.
Okay, I finally did the YOU update, got the patched kernel. When it was done, it told the thing about having to reinstall the nvidia drivers. No problem, I'd already downloaded the 4496.run package. (I hated to do this next, because I was at 36 days uptime! heh)...I restarted the system, at the place where I choose which OS to run, I instead type 'init 3' (no quotes), enter as root, and once there I enter 'mc' and navigate to where the nvidia file is. Now, I did the 'export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes' and hit enter, then typed in 'sh <nvidia package.run>', and it did what it had to, then it told me to run sax2 from there also. Still in mc, I just typed sax2, and entered the pertinent info. Your monitor settings is what's giving the headaches I bet. If you don't know the freq's it works at, you'll have to do a bunch of experimenting while in sax2, keep trying the different offered settings til one works. Then enable 3D, let it test it, finish, and you should be good to go. Once it's all done and your looking at mc again, just type 'reboot' and that should be it. The newest drivers gave me an extra 100fps, which I won't complain about, going from 1893fps to 1993fps on a mx400 32MB card.
John
OK, I just gave up on the new 4496 nVidia driver.
I thought I would reinstall it following the above instructions (even though I've done something similar several times), but before doing so I ran GEARS and got a response of 3083 fps (I have a Geforce4 MMX 440 card 64Mb DDR). I then uninstalled 4496 and reinstalled it. All my troubles were still there (black screen on CTRL-ALT-F1/F6 and the multi-coloured screen on reboot); but this time GEARS gave me a reading of 2876 fps. Great.
So, I got all sick and tired of 4496, uninstalled it and reinstalled the earlier 4363 (released April).
Everything is now fine: no black screens (CTRL-ALT-F2 etc) work correctly, no flashing multi-coloured screens. And GEARS is giving me a reading of 3212 fps.
nVidia can take a running jump, and I'll wait until they get their act together and come up with something that works correctly. I have a very strong feeling that my next video card will have nothing to do with nVidia.
(BTW, FYI re GEARS. If you want to make your neighbour really envious about what your card can do just make the Gears window smaller. My card actually got up to 6096 fps, and I could have gone higher. Also, the fps reading depends on where you move the gears window.)
I've just tried the above and have got slightly closer. I've got a ATI Rage card on another machine that the monitor was justed with, so I copied the XF86Config file and all seems to work with the nv driver, but nvidia driver just provides a blank screen.
If I try and run SaX2 it just fails. Has anyone got a XF86Config file working for 440mx card, then I'll try pasting my Monitor config into it. Can anyone suggest a good Linux graphics card. I really need TV for its future used. (haven't tried that yet on my Nvidia card yet, thats the next nightmare)
Adam
There is a very extensive readme file on the nVidia site when you are downloading the driver. There is much information in the Appendices, and I think the Rage card is mentioned but don't quote me on this. Giving you a copy of config file for you to copy into your system is really a no-no. You need to create it yourself using SaX2, which you do at boot time by putting "init 3" (without the quotes) on the command line; then login as root and run "SaX2". You then change the driver name from "nv" to "nvidia" after SaX2 has done its job but before you reboot (use either mc to do the amendment to SF86config file or pico). One of the things I found when using SaX2 with the latest versions of SuSE is that if your monitor is not mentioned in the preset list in SaX2 then use the plain vanilla vesa monitor setting, only select the one which suits your resolution and refresh rate (eg, 1024x768 @75Hz) but do NOT go further into the settings and change the vertical/horizontal refresh rates as per your monitor manual. If you do then then whole monitor configuration "collapses" and you will be 'stuck' with some weird display. Just pick "vesa 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz", for example, and don't touch anything else. BTW, strictly speaking, there is no "Linux graphics card" even though the SuSE site does have a hardware database of what is supposed to work with SuSE. The only trouble with this DB is that it is years out-of-date. If you were into compiling your own kernel then you could look at the kernel config file and see what video card drivers are available to be either hardcoded into the kernel or loaded as modules. -- Understanding only begins with the act of perception.
On Thursday 21 August 2003 3:32 pm, Basil Chupin wrote:
Giving you a copy of config file for you to copy into your system is really a no-no. You need to create it yourself using SaX2, which you do at boot time by putting "init 3" (without the quotes) on the command line; then login as root and run "SaX2". You then change the driver name from "nv" to "nvidia" after SaX2 has done its job but before you reboot (use either mc to do the amendment to SF86config file or pico).
One of the things I found when using SaX2 with the latest versions of SuSE is that if your monitor is not mentioned in the preset list in SaX2 then use the plain vanilla vesa monitor setting, only select the one which suits your resolution and refresh rate (eg, 1024x768 @75Hz) but do NOT go further into the settings and change the vertical/horizontal refresh rates as per your monitor manual. If you do then then whole monitor configuration "collapses" and you will be 'stuck' with some weird display. Just pick "vesa 1024 x 768 @ 75Hz", for example, and don't touch anything else.
This is all very well and good, but if you cannot even run SaX2 cos it comes up with a black screen (and your monitor giving an error message) then you're stuffed. That's what happened to me and the only way forward was to swap monitors for one that could be detected. I still can't get 3D with this monitor (haven't tried the change nv to nvidia "trick" yet and frankly I've lost confidence on this whole nvidia joke) and I can't even get ordinary 2D with the TFT one that SaX2 hasn't got on it's list. ps I'm now looking for a very cheap (sub £15) card that hasn't got nvidia chips in it, where 3D works out of the box and gives me similar performance to this nvidia TNT2 32MB card.
I went to install this driver on my machine and received an error about the not finding something with the kernel. It aborted. galean went nuts..opens multi windows. Mozilla doesn't work at all. How do I uninstall this driver? I'd rather have a generic driver then go through this. Walt
walt wrote:
I went to install this driver on my machine and received an error about the not finding something with the kernel. It aborted. galean went nuts..opens multi windows. Mozilla doesn't work at all. How do I uninstall this driver? I'd rather have a generic driver then go through this.
Walt
To unistall the driver read the readme on the nVidia site. Breifly, you run on a command line "nvidia-installer --unistall", but there are other things involved here so read the read me. And you also need to read the HOWTO on the SuSE site which will probably explain why "you" connot find "something with the kernel". -- Understanding only begins with the act of perception.
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