Thanks everyone. I'll give these ideas a try tonight. Greg --- Gian Paolo Mureddu <Thetargos@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greg Reddin wrote: > > >This question is really more related to installing drivers to a > >"non-booted" kernel. > > > >My computer has an ASUS MB. The video (non-integrated) and > network > >require the nforce drivers from NVidia. I had manually installed > >some audio tools including a lowlat kernel under RedHat 9. But I > >decided to install Fedora Core 1 and use Planet CCRMA. > > > >So I installed the CCRMA kernel and source. I didn't expect the > >network or graphics to work when I booted the new kernel b/c I'd > need > >to install the NVidia drivers again under the new kernel. But > when > >Fedora got to the "graphic" portion of the bootup, the screen went > >blank. I thought I'd just switch to VC1 and install from a text > >logon, but I was never able to switch to VC1. Now, in hindsight, > I > >think I didn't quite wait long enough for the system to boot up so > >I'll try again tonight. I was in a hurry and had to get to work > this > >morning. > > > >But, if I had to boot the standard kernel, is there a way I could > >install the NVidia drivers from there? How do I tell them to > compile > >against the lowlat CCRMA kernel? How do I tell them to install to > >the appropriate place? It doesn't seem like this would be > terribly > >difficult. I just don't know what parameters/environment > variables > >to change. > > > >Thanks, > >Greg > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. > >http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > > > > > > > Regarding your graphics problem, I'd suggest you to either boot the > old > kernel, and just change the driver that its being loaded in > XF86Config, > either to "nv" or VESA; or just edit the file /etc/inttab (you may > do so > in with the older kernel or from a rescue console) and change the > run > level to which the computer will boot (run level 5 is the X Window > Syste, 3 is just VC with networking). That's done in this line: > > id:5:initdefault: > > Change the 5 for a 3 and reboot with your new kernel, install your > drivers, and once you have X running smoothly (by issuing the init > 5 > command), you may revert to runlevel 5 in inttab. > > Hope this helps. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
