Xserver and NVidia drivers refuse to work

**BlackenedSky** · 01-23-2005

Hi.

I upgraded to Mandrake 10.1 yesterday, and tried installing the latest NVidia driver. I followed the instructions EXACTLY, and made sure my XF86Config file had all the correct entries and adjustments to use the driver, and the driver seemed to install fine after creating a custom kernel. It said I had the rivafb module for my kernel, so I checked that it wasn't set to load and it wasn't.

however, for some reason when I try to start the xserver it says the nvidia module kernel or summat cannot be loaded and that no screen's could be detected and then stops trying to load. Anyone got any ideas how I can solve this?

My system is:
AMD 2800 Sempron
Geforce FX 5200 256mb
Riva Tnt2 M64 (use both of these graphics cards)
1GB RAM
Gigabyte summat or another with NForce 2

Cheers.

**jeremy1701** · 01-23-2005

Please post the output of this command:

Code:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE

Thanks,
Jeremy

**UgoDeschamps** · 01-23-2005

did you change the entry in modprobe.preload?

**BlackenedSky** · 01-23-2005

It came out with the error "NVIDIA X driver not found"??

In answer to the modprobe.preload question, no I havn't changed anything in that, but it has the line:
nvidia-agp

**UgoDeschamps** · 01-23-2005

This isn't the mod you should've done!
If you rad carefullyon Nvidia's web site, you should have changed it to

nvidia

Change your modprobe.preload file to this input and the kernel of nvidia will load without any further problems..
make sure you also reboot the machine as the kernel module is "preloaded" during bootup

**BlackenedSky** · 01-23-2005

it was the nvidia driver install that did that though?

also, any idea why linux keeps freezing completely at random periods? first teh mouse stops responding, then the entire computer. it even does it on a clean install with nothing extra installed and so on.

ctrl alt f1/backspace etc don't work either. only way out is to hit the reset button.

**PeanutthaKid** · 01-24-2005

After about 2 hours of frustration and a little Googling, I found an interesting fix that worked....

1. Ensure you have the correct kernel-source package installed. `uname -r` will give you the kernel version. If it's 2.6.x, then `urpmi kernel-source-2.6` does the job.

2. Do `telinit 3` to stop the xorg server.

3. Install the Nvidia driver , ignoring the warning about the conflict with the rivafb driver.

4. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf as per the nvidia README.

5. Do `modprobe -r rivafb` to unload the rivafb kernel module.

6. Add the line 'nvidia' to the file /etc/modprobe.preload.

7. Reboot. If you see the nvidia logo when your X server starts up, you're in business

I did this for my GeForce FX 5200 and this is also assuming that you have the default 2.6 kernel.

Also, any luck with the nForce2 sound drivers? For some reason, X doesn't like the drivers on my PC

**UgoDeschamps** · 01-24-2005

No the nvidia driver do not modify that file, as PeanutthaKid and As I pointed before, you must change nvidia in your modprobe otherwise, the lib isnt loaded in memory and the nvidia driver wont get to load....

**BlackenedSky** · 01-24-2005

All sorted now n I have twinview set up and running my montior and TV

anyone know how I can get my TNT2 card to work as well as having the two monitors on my FX5200? I've seen a few examples around but am not sure how to change them to work for my configuration.

**Stormblazer** · 01-25-2005

Not sure, but any time you have more than one video card, you should use Xinerama.

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