Hmmm - don't know either :-( I installed the old driver, then the new driver again and now it works. Maybe an old module was still loaded as I keep testing . New driver works for me now no problem. BC > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667 > From: "Jim Martin" <bavinic@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 9:43 pm > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" > <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Brian Callahan wrote: > > >OK just out of curiosity after hacking the nv.c file and getting X > >working I decided to try the new driver they posted today as suggested. > >Installed Perfectly and the module loaded but when I start X I get > > > >ov 5 21:35:44 Penguin1 kernel: NVRM: client supports wrong rm api > >version!! > >Nov 5 21:35:44 Penguin1 kernel: NVRM: aborting to avoid catastrophe! > >Nov 5 21:35:45 Penguin1 gdm[11206]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X > >error - Restarting :0 > >Nov 5 21:35:49 Penguin1 kernel: NVRM: client supports wrong rm api > >version!! > >Nov 5 21:35:49 Penguin1 kernel: NVRM: aborting to avoid catastrophe! > >Nov 5 21:35:50 Penguin1 gdm[11293]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X > >error - Restarting :0 > >Nov 5 21:35:50 Penguin1 gdm[11116]: deal_with_x_crashes: Running the > >XKeepsCrashing script > > > > > >Same xorg.conf as before - the only thing that changed is the driver > > > >Any ideas ? > > > > > > > > > > > >>-------- Original Message -------- > >>Subject: Re: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667 > >>From: "Jim Martin" <bavinic@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 9:08 pm > >>To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" > >><fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >>Brian Callahan wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I just got it running with NO SOURCE installed. I used > >>>/lib/modules/2.6.9-667/build/include as the source code for my running > >>>kernel, editied the nv.c and then the module loads without any errors. > >>> > >>>BC > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-------- Original Message -------- > >>>>Subject: Re: nvidia driver kernel 2.6.9 667 > >>>>From: "Kim Lux" <lux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>Date: Fri, November 05, 2004 8:36 pm > >>>>To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" > >>>><fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> > >>>>If you are implying that the Nvidia driver installs without source, you > >>>>are partially wrong in the general and totally wrong in this case. The > >>>>Nvidia driver DOES install without kernel source code on common kernels, > >>>>ie ones that the Nvidia team has compiled a kernel for and included in > >>>>the install pack. > >>>> > >>>>However, if you read the driver fine print, you will find that if your > >>>>kernel version isn't supported, you need to have kernel source installed > >>>>in order to build the kernel. That is precisely what the Nvidia > >>>>"install" tool does. > >>>> > >>>>Thus, I DO need kernel source to get an Nvidia driver running with > >>>>2.6.9-1.667 as I highly doubt Nvidia had included a driver for this > >>>>kernel in their install pack. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 15:21 -0800, Per Bjornsson wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:01, Kim Lux wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>BTW: Where did you get kernel source from ? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>As per the usual answer here, you really shouldn't need it just to build > >>>>>drivers. I think that Nvidia have picked up that clue by now, all even > >>>>>mildly sane distros have something useful under > >>>>>/lib/modules/<kernelversion>/build (be it a symlink or a real directory > >>>>>with the needed files). > >>>>> > >>>>>If you actually want the source for building a custom kernel, that's a > >>>>>legitimate use of course, and then there's instructions for how to get > >>>>>the Fedora-patched source tree from the kernel SRPM in the distribution > >>>>>release notes. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>I've been running in VESA mode for 3 weeks now. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>The nv driver, while not providing any 3D acceleration, should be _much_ > >>>>>better than using a vesa driver in terms of usable video modes etc... > >>>>>You might want to use that as a backup instead. > >>>>> > >>>>>Best regards, > >>>>>Per > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>Per Bjornsson <perbj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>>>Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>fedora-test-list mailing list > >>>>fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>To unsubscribe: > >>>>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>I just installed the new 6629 nvidia driver in FC3 and it worked fine, > >>check www.nvidia.com for th update > >> > >>BaVinic > >> > >>-- > >>fedora-test-list mailing list > >>fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>To unsubscribe: > >>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > >> > >> > > > > > > > Sorry, but I have no idea what that is, I've installed the new driver on > 2 computers with different nv cards, and have not seen that yet. > > BaVinic > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list