Re: Installing linux on GRT100

Dhirendra Pal Singh <[email protected]> Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:29:19 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.hardware.sony
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hi Jean,
Thanks for your help. After reading the pointer on Nvidia site,  you 
sent... and the xconfig doc I am able to load the gui... phew..

Thanks a lot...

Okay now one more problem .. when I log out from kde .. it hangs.. I 
mean that I dont get the console back... if I press ctrl+alt+del it goes 
for a reboot, so it mean it dosent hang but I dont get the console back 
once I log out from xserver.

Any tips on that.. ??

I have attached the config file this time.. sorry for not attaching the 
file last time....

Thanks in advance..
Dp


Jean Delvare wrote:

>>Harware..
>>GRT1002A
>>Display Card: Nvidia GeForce4 420.
>>
>>With linux redhat 8.0 i wasnt able to even start the installation. But
>>with 9.0 I am able to boot up in linux but no GUI.
>>I have downloaded the nvidia driver from their site and installed it
>>on laptop. when I try to run redhat-config-xf86config the nvidia start
>>screen comes up then after that it hangs up. Hence the screen in which
>>linux asks to press yes or no doesent comes.
>>    
>>
>
>The nvidia drivers you added are now known by Red Hat, since you
>installed them apart. So you can't rely on Red Hat's tools anymore to
>fulfill the X configuration. I think I remember nvidia explains what you
>are supposed to do in your configuration file once you installed the
>drivers. Read that document, follow the guidelines and it should be OK.
>
>ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-4349/README.txt
>
>Basically (IIRC) you need to disable a pair of modules, enable one, and
>set your driver to "nvidia". That's not too complicated.
>
>  
>
>>I have also attached with the mail the XF86Config file.
>>    
>>
>
>You obviously did not.
>
>  
>

-- 
Dp
Human Beings always have the right to choose, and consequences always follows... without a choice :)

XF86Config (text/plain, 3.1 KB)

# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86

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"
	#Load  "dri"
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" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
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    "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1280x1024"
	DisplaySize  305	229
	HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x786" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection