Re: NVIDIA driver problem

Thanks all.

My problem is solved.

Getting the kernel and source in sync then setting all up in sax2 when 
in init 3 proved to solve it at last. Some of the other stunts along the 
way, may have contributed - I couldn't tell.

Thanks again.

:)Bogi

Carsten Koch wrote:

> Bogi Mouritsen wrote:
>
>> Thanks that brought me a bit further. Unfortunantly I'm not quite 
>> there yet.
>>
>> I removed kernel sources, installed them again, ran YOU and rebooted.
>> I then followed the instructions stated below (make cloneconfig, make 
>> prepare-all, init 3 and ran the nvidia-installer again) which brought 
>> me to a position where the installer warned me that "rivafb" was 
>> included as a loadable module and that that might cause conflicts. I 
>> proceeded and the installer terminated cleanly. I ran Sax2 which 
>> detected  me NVidia 0x0281 card. I started X and proceeded to Sax2 in 
>> graphical mode to enable 3D acceleration. I ran the "test" which gave 
>> the following:
>>    X Server test failed
>>    NVIDIA(0): *** aborting ***
>>    Screen(s) found, but none have usable configuration
>>
>> What's next?
>
>
>
> Do a
>    init 3
> and
>    modprobe nvidia
> manually as root.
>
> Does it work?
> Does lsmod report the nvidia module?
> Start sax2 again (in the console window under runlevel 3)
> and enable 3D acceleration.
>
> Carsten.