On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 17:27, Cannon, Andrew wrote: > Okay, I'm now in X and I've got the nice RHEL bluecurve screen working. I've > uninstalled and reinstalled the kernel-source rpm and still there is no > nvidia.h kernel header. Any ideas where I can get one from? > > Andy > > P.S. It is the default 2.4.21-4-EL kernel. It sounds as if you are trying to do is install the drivers supplied by nvidia corporation. That is, you have the latest driver package which is "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run". And when you type: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run you are getting an error. Maybe you could post the exact error message. I've installed this on a few systems without trouble. Oh, and maybe you can try to stick to a single list for this issue. :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cannon, Andrew [mailto:Andrew.Cannon@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 3:19 PM > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > Subject: RE: Installing RHEL v3 WS on an Athlon 3400+ <MORE problems> > > > > > > More problems. After having to perform a text based install (which is NOT > > the same as the GUI despite what the manual says), I cannot get any sort > of > > GUI. The system must still think it is a headless system and hasn't > > configured X, there are no nvidia kernel headers (according to the nVidia > > driver installation pack) and I'm fast running out of ideas. I can't edit > > XF86Config because it isn't there. > > > > Any ideas on this. If I boot into run level 5 will the system try and > > configure X? Do I need to install X again and configure it by hand (a > decent > > HOWTO would be good, but they all assume that XF86config is present). > > > > Andy > > Dunno,... I'm running Tao Linux ( a RHEL3 clone) on my Athlon XP 2600+ > with none of the problems you report. > > Just because you ran the text installer doesn't mean the installer thinks > you're on a headless system. It would, at the very least, think you're > on a text-only system. It should also have asked you about your graphics > card and monitor so you could configure the X resolution. What happens > when you type "startx" ? Did you install all the kernel source and > kernel headers packages, and all the development packages (for C and > C++, I mean, not necessarily python or ruby or other languages)? > Sounds like you have an Nvidia card, so in order to install the Nvidia > drivers you must have previously installed those packages > > Then (then) latest Nvidia drivers installed perfectly on my Tao Linux > box, I just downloaded from the nvidia site, ran the installer according > to the instructions, and voila! > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > When I run the installer, it actually says "No video card detected - > Assuming headless" or something like that. It asks me no questions about > graphics, keyboard, mouse, sound, network etc. All it does is configures the > hard drives, gets a root password and then installs the packages I selected. > Which is everything, but still doesn't install the kernel headers. I assume > that the kernel headers have titles like kernel-header*, or am I being too > naiive? > > When i type startx it doesn't start X (I can't quite remember the error, > I'll take a look in a mo), probably because there is no xf86config file > anywhere on the system. (find . -name xf86config {with all possible > combinations of x,X,f,F,c,C etc} reveals nothing...) If I could install the > kernel header packages I would, but there is nothing on any of the cd's with > kernel-header in the rpm name. > > It is an nVidia graphics card, but I still can't use it... > > Andy > > > NNC's UK Operating Companies : NNC Holdings Limited (no. 3725076), NNC > Limited (no. 1120437), National Nuclear Corporation Limited (no. 2290928), > STATS-NNC Limited (no. 4339062) and Technica-NNC Limited (no. 235856). The > registered office of each company is at Booths Hall, Chelford Road, > Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8QZ except for Technica-NNC Limited whose > registered office is at 6 Union Row, Aberdeen AB10 1DQ. NNC's head office > and principal address is Booths Hall and the switchboard number is 01565 > 633800. The NNC website is www.nnc.co.uk > > Any information or opinions in this message which do not relate to our > business are not authorised by any of the above companies. Where this > message does relate to our business the content is sent to you by the > relevant company (as above) and is confidential and intended for the use of > the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The contents do not form > part of any contract unless so stated. If you have received this e-mail in > error please notify the NNC system manager by email at eadm@xxxxxxxxxx -- "An opinion is like an asshole - everybody has one." - Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan, The Dead Pool - 1988. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
