help... nvidia driver lost

[hassantm]

Hi folks

I'm new to linux and using it in a work environment... I have a Nvidia Quadro FX 1400 graphics card but I've lost the driver... when I try to open one of my graphics packages I get an error saying

GLX missing on display :0.0

I've looked around a few site and they all mention an xorg.conf file that should reisde in /etc/X11... This file does not exist on my installation (The installation was done prior to my arrival). I do have a file called XF86Config which has also been mentioned. I'm just a bit confused as to what I should do to get my drivers back.

Any information would be appreciated.

H

[techieMoe]

You could just reinstall your drivers and edit your XF86Config (or XF86Config-4, whichever you have).

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-7676.html

[hassantm]

Tried to edit the XFree86Config file, but now I've got a permanent hang on start up... I can't even get to a console... what do I do!?!

Doh!

[techieMoe]

Apparently your system is set to runlevel 5 (graphical boot), so it's trying to start up X Windows at boot. You might try booting into runlevel 3 until you figure out what's wrong with your video settings. There are a couple of ways to do this:

1.Pass a "3" parameter to Grub at boot.

2.Edit your /etc/inittab and look for a section like this:

id:5:initdefault

Change the 5 to a 3, save, and reboot.

[hassantm]

Great idea... but how do I tell Grub how to do this... I can't seem to load the kernel. I know the partition, but not the absolute path to the kernel... is ther a default I'm not aware of?

I just need to change 2 lines in the XF86Config file and I'll be able to boot properly, but I can't get into anything to do so!

[techieMoe]

Great idea... but how do I tell Grub how to do this... I can't seem to load the kernel. I know the partition, but not the absolute path to the kernel... is ther a default I'm not aware of?

You can edit your boot lines by selecting them and hitting "e" at boot. Edit your boot line where it has the kernel listed, something like this:

kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda1

Add a "3" to the end of that line and see if that works for you. It would look something like this:

kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda1 3

[hassantm]

Wonderful... it worked!! Thanks a lot.

For my next trick i need to get my Nvidia card working again!

Thanks so much for your help
H