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09-05-2004	#1 (permalink)
sulabhv Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	Unable to go to Graphical Login via NVIDIA Hi, I had RedHat8.0 installed on Dell Inspiron 2650 for a year now. Now I am having problems with NVIDIA drivers .I am Unable to go to my graphical Login.I have tried to reinstall the NVIDIA DRIVERS( NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.rh80up.rpm and NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.rpm ) from the source as well as RPM's but i get the same error which i got from my /var/log "Fatal server error :could not open "default font fixed". I have also tried to reconfigure using XF86CONFIG ,but the server crashes saying BOGUS DDCPROBE values. PLS HELP ME IN THIS REGARD .WHAT IS THE CORRECT SOLUTION FOR THIS Thanks Sulabh

09-05-2004	#2 (permalink)
Chris H Linux Engineer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Farnborough, UK Posts: 1,302	Google gave this. chmod a+r /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias service xfs restart Might be worth a try? __________________ Plans to Prosper thekiadriver on #linuxforums - fleetingly

09-05-2004	#3 (permalink)
sulabhv Just Joined! Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2	XFS dead but pid file exists....... Thanks,i tried as suggested but it seems the XFS server is not working. the command "service xfs status" gave the following response: XFS dead but pid file exists....... also the XFS fails to shutdown when issuing the command service xfs restart Any suggestions how to fix this ?? THanks sulabh

09-30-2004	#4 (permalink)
lakerdonald Linux Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 5,039	well, why not try reinstalling XFS __________________ the lost art of found sound

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