Re: [sheflug] nvidia woes

[Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 09 Jul 2002 2:35 am, Sammy Redshaw wrote:
> i did what the installation instructing at littlewhitedog.com
> told me to do to install nvidia driver but i am having problems.

Have you tried the NVidia instructions? They seem to be the most comprehensive 
I have found. The problem solving section is excellent.

> /sbin/modprobe /NVdriver dosen't exist and won't work

Try /sbin/modprobe NVdriver instead (no slash). If that doesn't work then 
check that /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/video/NVdriver 
exists. If not, the RPM you used didn't work (I'm presuming you're using the 
RPMs?)

Which distro are you using? If you are using one that is directly supported at 
www.nvidia.com, grab the relevant RPMs for you distro (NVIDIA_GLX and 
NVIDIA_kernel) and install them. Then, edit /etc/X11/XF86Config (possibly 
XF86Config-4) and change the graphics driver from 'nv' to 'nvidia'. Add this 
line:

Load "glx"

to the Module section, save and restart X.

All should be well. If not, try running tail on /var/log/XFree86.0.log in a 
text console, and check for any points of failure there.

HTH

Craig
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