-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 September 2003 15:11, Jan Elders wrote:
On Sunday 07 September 2003 09:15, Curtis Rey wrote:
On Sunday 07 September 2003 03:55, Jan Elders wrote:
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Hi all, After upgrading my kernel (including the source) with YOU to 2.4.20-100, I have downloaded the NVIDIA Installer for Linux IA32. Subsequently, I followed the instructions in www.suse.de/de/private/download/xfree86/index.html section “SuSE Linux 8.2 with update kernel or self-compiled kernel”. - went to runlevel 3 (by restart in Safe Mode) - did the following : cd /usr/src/linux make cloneconfig && make dep cd /windows/e/Linuxdata/Downloads/nvidia/ (= my download directory) export IGNORE_CC_MISMATCH=yes sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run - thus ran the NVIDIA Installer - then I changed /etc/X11/XF86Config section Device: replaced Driver “nv” by Driver “nvidia” (according to the NVidia installation instructions) - went to runlevel 5 --> No more display ! (remains black) !!!! - I solved this by running SaX2 (in Safe Mode) : set Monitor model = LCD 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz set Color & Resolution = 1024 x 768 - 24 bit After this I had my display back, but no 3D !!!! Looking in XF86Config shows that Driver is set back to “nv” (apparently by SAX2).
So .... it seems that setting the driver to "nvidia" ruins my system ? Or , in other words, I think the new NVidia driver is not working correct here. BTW, I'm using a laptop with a 1024x768 LCD screen. What could be the problem ?
Have a look at this page on the SBD, it might help for place to start.
Yes, I studied this and tried some things, but it seems that the basic problem is setting the driver to 'nvidia' always leads to a black screen (on my system), while 'nv' works all-right. Does everybody else work OK under SuSE 8.2 kernel 2.4.20-100 with the 'nvidia' driver ?
Ok, now one of the problems I have encountered before is bad or incomplete symlinks and/or the incomplete removal of old files/symlinks that kludge the install. Have a look at the nvidia readme, down about the middle of the doc. You'll see something that refers to check the files/symlinks. I wouldn't be surprised is you have files that are not being replaced properly and somewhere in your system a file is reporting an older version -- i.e. 4232 verses the current version. What you could do is got through the NVIDIA readme and perform some of the checks it suggests paste it into a follow up email if your still not having any luck. Cheers, Curtis. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/XN0diqnGhdjCOJsRAmudAJ9/XwskpIUOCGNIly5VtdmG9dCSdgCaA9Hu HFMjBmM5kJKpb/uPke6RFLY= =pyLg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----