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Confusion installing nvidia drivers.

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by BiZ, Nov 20, 2005.

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  1. BiZ

    Ok so i downloaded and extracted the linux x86 drivers and followed the instructions in the readme which are:
    1. Run self extract
    2. Change init level to 3
    3. restart and log in as root
    4. do commands:
    cd /root
    sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
    5. Go through installer stuff... yea all that
    6. Change your xorg.config: Changing driver "nv" to driver "nvidia", and remove Load "dri" and Load "GLCore"(which wasnt there in the first place) then add Load "glx"(which was already there)

    Then i rebooted and ran startx then it came up with a black screen oh joy! So being the linux noob i am i didnt know how to access the xorg.config from the prompt so i just reinstalled. Tried it again(two more times actually) thinking i mistyped or something and got the same results.

    Any ideas?
    BiZ, Nov 20, 2005
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  2. LNCPapa TS Special Forces

    You'll need to access a file called xorg.conf - it's usually located at /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Make sure you back it up before you make your changes.
    LNCPapa, Nov 20, 2005
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  3. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Post the lines beginning with (EE), and the last ten lines from /var/log/Xorg.0.log here.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Nov 20, 2005
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  4. BiZ

    This is a fresh install of Fedora Core 4. So that wont help. I looked anyways though and there are no lines with (EE).
    BiZ, Nov 20, 2005
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  5. BiZ

    I think the problem may be with the drivers i installed. x86 is for a pentium 3 right?
    BiZ, Nov 20, 2005
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  6. BiZ

    Anyways i got it working. No idea what i did wrong the first 3 times. Onyl thing i did different this time was that i ran the yum update before i installed them.
    BiZ, Nov 21, 2005
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  7. kens8 Newcomer, in training

    There's also an updated NVIDIA driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8174-pkg1) that fixes a lot of problems. I have a 6600LE and X wouldn't run with the 7676 driver .
    kens8, Dec 22, 2005
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