Problems with Graphics Card on RedHat 7.3

[friskydrifter]

but I when I tried to install the GLX file, this came up:

Error: failed dependencies
NVidia_Kernel is needed by NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2313.i386.rpm

What does this mean?

When this happened to me i needed to install the other rpm first. Also when i downloaded the rpms i didnt have to use the command dos2unix on them. When i did it they didnt work. Maybe try downloading them again and dont use dos2 unix.

XF86Config. Was I supposed to edit a different one?

Yes XF86Config-4

I hope you back up any files befor u fiddle with them - then you can be sure to recover if anything bad happens.

Also set your /etc/inittab startup run level to 3. This way if the gforce drivers make you system crash you can still access your system through the command promt. Runlevel 5 starts the GUI on startup. To start the GUI from the command prompt type startx

Heres an example of my /etc/inittab

#
# inittab This file describes how the INIT process should set up
# the system in a certain run-level.
#
# Author: Miquel van Smoorenburg, <miquels@drinkel.nl.mugnet.org>
# Modified for RHS Linux by Marc Ewing and Donnie Barnes
#

# Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are:
# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
#
id:5:initdefault: <-- This is the bit where you have to change the 5 to a 3

good luck






good luck

[shaun680]

Thanks for the advice about innitab, it'll save me keep having to type linux 3. I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing now, you say I should use the rpm's and edit XF86Config-4, but the article I was directed to by Spot talked about downloading .tar or .gz files and said to edit XF86Config. Does it matter which method I follow?

I edited XF86Config-4 and now when I try to start X, the screen doesn't go black but instead I get sent back to the command prompt with error messages saying "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration." and "(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module!" obviously from when the kernel file didnt install properly. Shall I keep trying to get it working or wait for a new version of RedHat to come out and hope that it could manage my hardware?

[babbing]

well we know for a fact that they work, but we also know that it can be tricky. try focusing on getting the drivers to properly install and then move on. just take one thing at a time.

goodluck


Babbing

[friskydrifter]

It is important to edit the XF86Config-4 not XF86Config

I dont know what you've done to your system so prehaps you can start by installing RedHat again to eliminate any wrong configurations?

All the advice you need is on the nvidia site . Read the Review documentation. there is a link to a text version at http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=li...splay_1.0-2960

look at step 2.

Make sure you are downloading the correct rpms given to you by NVchooser.

Check and Cross check that you are downloading the correck Kernel and GLX.

I know they work because im using them now ;D

example of my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.




# File generated by anaconda.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# 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.

RgbPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# 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.

FontPath "unix/:7100"

EndSection

Section "Module"
# Load "GLcore" <------ Put the hash at the start so its not read----
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
# Load "dri" <------ Same goes here---------------------------
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"

#Option"AutoRepeat""500 5"

# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
#Option"Protocol""Xqueue"

# 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:nocaps"
Option"XkbRules""xfree86"
Option"XkbModel""pc105"
Option"XkbLayout""us"
#Option"XkbVariant"""
#Option"XkbOptions"""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
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 "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
Option "dpms"

# -- 1400x1050 --
# 1400x1050 @ 60Hz, 65.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "1400x1050" 129 1400 1464 1656 1960
1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

# 1400x1050 @ 70Hz, 76.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "1400x1050" 151 1400 1464 1656 1960
1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

# 1400x1050 @ 75Hz, 82.3 kHz hsync
Modeline "1400x1050" 162 1400 1464 1656 1960
1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

# 1400x1050 @ 85Hz, 93.2 kHz hsync
Modeline "1400x1050" 184 1400 1464 1656 1960
1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync

EndSection

Section "Device"
# no known options
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
Driver "nvidia" <---- Change this to nvidia from "nv"---------
VendorName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"

#BusID
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth24 <----------- sets 24 (32) bit colours. Change from 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24 <---------- sets the colour depth
Modes "800x600" "640x480" <----- can leave 1124x768 for higher resolution ----------------------
EndSubsection

Dont copy and paste this because i left out the rest. I marked the important bits with the <------------

Hope u get there

Frisky

[shaun680]

Make sure you are downloading the correct rpms given to you by NVchooser.

Check and Cross check that you are downloading the correck Kernel and GLX.

The files NVchooser told me to get aren't on the Nvidia site...I had to search for them on google and download them from another site. I'm 100% sure I have the rpm's that NVchooser told me to get, but I still get the "failed dependencies" error when I try to install the GLX file, even though I installed the NVIDIA_kernel rpm first.

[trommaster]

are the rpms the same version number

[paradox]

Ok, in the troubleshooting section is your answer. Did you create the directory video under /lib/modules/2.4.18-3bigmem/kernel/drivers/ ? I bet not, so you need to create the directory, you then need to copy over the NVdriver file into that video directory, then go back and do make, then you won't get that error anymore

Aragorn

[shaun680]

For all of the people in this thread who have helped me, I just wanted to say thanks. FINALLY got X working, took a while but I got there in the end ;D 8) . Now I gotta start learning how to use it!

Thanks again,
Shaun