nvidia drivers

[Elspuddy]

hi all
bar the tutorial at http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-30960.html is there and other ones about ??
i'v tryed that one and my linux box hangs when going in to X
or any other way i can get games like quake 4 to run in mandriva ??
my system is
geforce fx5600
sempron 2600+ cpu
512 ram
winfast 760gxk8mc mainbord

[techieMoe]

I'm not sure what you're asking, but there's another more general tutorial here:

http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-44103.html

[Elspuddy]

thanks for that, bit some how when i edit the /etx/11/xf86.conf file (from nv to nvidia) when i start up x i get a blank screen and the box locks up

[techieMoe]

thanks for that, bit some how when i edit the /etx/11/xf86.conf file (from nv to nvidia) when i start up x i get a blank screen and the box locks up

Did you follow all my steps? Including the "modprobe nvidia" line?

[Elspuddy]

yep, i did all as the tutorial sayed to do

[techieMoe]

Post the contents of your "/etc/X11/XF86Config" file.

[Elspuddy]

# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
    # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
    # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
    # the X server to render fonts.
    FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> &#40;server abort&#41;
    #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> &#40;resolution switching&#41;
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does no
t work
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
    Load "extmod"
    Load "type1"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Keyboard1"
    Driver "keyboard"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
    Option "XkbOptions" "compose&#58;rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Generic"
    ModelName "1024x768 @ 70 Hz"
    HorizSync 31.5-57.0
    VertRefresh 50-70

    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630

    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "nVidia"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX &#40;generic&#41;"
    Driver "nv"     &#58; i did change this to nvidia but had to change it back to get my box workign again
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 15
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    Screen "screen1"
EndSection

[Elspuddy]

still need help on this one

[techieMoe]

I don't see anything obviously off with your config file, which makes me think it was a problem with how you installed your drivers. Can you give me a quick summary of the steps you took to get the drivers installed, and what the exact errors were that showed up afterward?

[Elspuddy]

urpmi kernel-source , chouse option 2 when picking
typed init3 and changed to where i downloaded the nvidia drivers
sh nvidia******.run
modprobe nvidia
vim /ect/X11/xf86.conf and changed the "nv" line to "nivdia"

no errors pop up when booting, just when it hits the x loging screen the screen goes blank and the box locks up