HP : I have tried to format this mail to your advantage. Sorry, new to all of this. A couple of the errors - In the new kernel when startx (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialise the NVIDIA kernel module (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** ABORT *** (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration Fatal server error] -no screens found. Attached is my XF86Config file and XFree86.0.log file - the formatting seems to be ok in word. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Stuart Sears Sent: 04 February 2004 19:36 To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: display problems - please help 2 On Wednesday 04 February 2004 19:17, Howard Protheroe wrote: > Stuart - or anybody who has any advice. > Thanks for your advice earlier it worked perfectly..until I registered with > the rh network and it updated my version of Rh from 2.4.20-6 to 2.4.20-28.9 > and now it will not work. (Take some more advice? Please _bottom_ post - reply underneath the relevant parts of the message you are answering - it's much easier to follow the thread that way) It won't work because it is a kernel module and the new kernel will not contain the module. This is a royal PITA down to the way that nvidia now distribute their drivers - you can only have one kernel module on the system at a time, UNLESS: you backup the original (for your first kernel) and then install for the updated kernel, then copy the backup back to where it was. (there was a day when NVidia distributed kernel mods and glx separately which didn't cause this problem... bah humbug) > I have tried installing the driver again and it won't let me because of the > kernal. It can't find the code or something. what exactly does it say? what is the error message? I seem to remember that you can force the install, if need be. HP : It tries to go to RedHat to find the source for the kernel, then it tries to compile it itself and then i think it asks me where the new kernel is - not sure about the last part though. > When I try and do a startx it > crashes. I tried to copy my xconfig file through to windows but can't seem > to see it. you can still boot your old kernel though, right? This should still work, as should X. HP : This doesn't work anymore either with similar symptoms. > > I can feel another install coming on.. reinstallation is a sign of weakness. Don't do it. That's for Windows people... ;-) unless you mean the driver, of course... > > I think that the issue may be due to the monitor setting. It is set on 400 > 300 but I am unsure what that is and what to change it to. Currently I am > using a Philips 201b40 and am trying to set the resolution to 1280x1024. > Any more help would be much appreciated. redhat-config-xfree86 (not while x is running, or trying to. boot into runlevel 3 first, as discussed last time. init 3 from a console as root will do this without rebooting the entire machine. if you do this, you may need to hit return again to get your prompt back, it looks like it's hanging, but it usually isn't) HP: Sorry to be stupid but - i boot run level three and log in as root, then init 3 again - and then type redhat-config-xfee86? on the advanced tab you can configure your monitor. If your model is not shown, then you pick Generic and choose a resolution that you know your monitor can display. For your graphics card you can choose the generic nvidia driver too, which should work fine, if you don't need 3d. let me know how you get on HP: Thanks for your help.. Stuart -- Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore" EndSection Section "Files" # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" # Or if you just want both to be control, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" # Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you # also use USB mice at the same time. Identifier "DevInputMice" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "PHILIPS 201B" DisplaySize 400 300 HorizSync 30.0 - 115.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "NVIDIA Quadro FX500" VideoRam 131072 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Group 0 Mode 0666 EndSection
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