Hello, On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:30 PM, James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Since this morning, X Windows on F14 on my Dell Latitude D820 laptop >>> won't start up. It may or may not be since the first reboot after the >>> latest updates during Sunday. >>> >>> It says "Segmentation fault at address 0x3f" >>> >>> I don't know whether it plays a role here, but in the log file, it >>> also says that "Custom HAL configuration [...] If you have such >>> configuration you will need to update it to the new format." with >>> reference to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Input_device_configuration. >>> I have no idea what HAL is, and even after reading this page, I still >>> have no idea whether this applies to me or what I would need to do if >>> it does. >>> >>> What can I do? Thanks! >>> >>> Take care >>> Oliver >>> >>> -- >>> Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist >>> Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil) >>> Turning Knowledge Data into Models >>> Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling >>> http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org >>> >> >> >> >> Hello, >> >> Some one suggested to install the NVIDIA driver. The installer >> requires to disable Nouveau first. How can I disable Nouveau? Thanks! >> >> Take care >> Oliver >> > Please bottom or interleave post please. > > You have to de-install the Nouveau driver first and then install the > proprietary nVidia driver. I erased the only package that had "nouveau" in its name, which was xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.i686, and rebooted, and the NVIDIA installer still complains that Nouveau is used by my system. Is this possible? Thanks! Take care Oliver -- Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil) Turning Knowledge Data into Models Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
