oops, see? I didn't even help! misread post, sorry. G On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 20:24 -0600, W. Guy Thomas wrote: > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 21:20 -0500, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-11-08 at 02:09 +0100, Lars wrote: > > > W. Guy Thomas wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 18:35 -0500, Jim Martin wrote: > > > >> Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote: > > > >> > > > >> >Hi, > > > >> > > > > >> >I installed "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run" today. > > > >> > > > > >> >The driver does not load upon reboot which leads to X failing. > > > >> > > > > >> >I noticed the following line in my modprobe.conf file: > > > >> > > > > >> >================ modprobe.conf snippet ========================= > > > >> >alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394 > > > >> >alias char-major-195* nvidia > > > >> >================================================================ > > > >> > > > > >> >After running "modprobe nvidia" manually everything works. However, > > > >> >next time I boot up it is gone again. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> >Does anyone know the magic trick here? > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> >Thanks, > > > >> >Ernesto > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> What I do is edit /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit > > > >> where it says other="" I put other="nvidia" works for me, > > > >> > > > >> also, if you are going to do that, you will need to either remove the > > > >> rhgb from the grub menu, or make a copy of your xorg.conf and copy it to > > > >> /etc/rhgb/xorg.conf and replace the area where it says nvidia with nv , > > > >> this will allow for fedora graphics on boot, and will still use the > > > >> nvidia module for gdm and x. > > > >> > > > >> Jim > > > >> > > > > > > > > or add '/sbin/modprobe nvidia' in /etc/rc.local (no quotes of course) > > > > > > > > > > if you're running udev, maybe the nvidia section of > > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev helps too. > > Yes, I tried that just now. Works like a charm!! > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ernesto > > > > > > > > > > > > L > > > > > > -- > > > No Software Patents! http://nosoftwarepatents.com > > > Get Firefox! http://spreadfirefox.com > > > > > > > > > > > > good to hear! > > at least I helped someone today, my story is different! lol. > > -- > =Guy > 20:24:21 up 1:54, 2 users, load average: 0.54, 0.53, 0.48 > -- =Guy 20:30:00 up 2:00, 2 users, load average: 1.20, 1.12, 0.77