a proplem when i install my nividia driver

[abody]

actually , when i install my nividia driver he asked me to close the x server and when i typed (init 3) the screen is shut off and give me strange colures .. it is in fedora 10

[waterhead]

I would say that the driver version that you are using, doesn't support your video card.

How did you install the driver, and what version are you using? Also what chipset is the video card using? That can be found in the output of this command.

lspci

[abody]

it give me that

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)
07:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
07:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
07:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
07:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
07:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)

[abody]

i install it by the terminal by using( sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-180.60-pkg2.run )

[waterhead]

It does support your card, so that isn't it. Did you allow it to configure the xorg.conf file? Check that file, and see if it is configured correctly. You can find it at /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Post it, with "code" tags (click the # sign).

I see that there is a new version of the driver, Version: 185.18.14. You could try that one, and see if it makes any difference.

You didn't really explain the problem in detail. Is the display completely unviewable, or is just wierd colors, but still viewable.

[waterhead]

I forgot to add that you can look in the Xorg log file for errors. It is found in this directory.

/var/log

Mine is named Xorg.0.log, yours may be named different. You can look through it for errors. They are preceeded by the (EE) designation. Here is the list of the markers:

Markers:
(--) probed
(**) from config file
(==) default setting,
(++) from command line
(!!) notice
(II) informational
(WW) warning
(EE) error
(NI) not implemented
(??) unknown

Look through the log for any clues as to why the X isn't working correctly, usually errors.

You can check for just errors, by using this command:

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

Substitute EE for any of the other markers, to look for other messages.

[abody]

I don't found the xorg.conf file at (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) .I check errors in Xorg log file
--

Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try `grep --help' for more information.

** ( nothing)
==

(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Thu Jun  4 18:04:21 2009 
(==) Matched nv for the autoconfigured driver
(==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines)
(==) --- Start of built-in configuration ---
(==) --- End of built-in configuration ---
(==) ServerLayout "Builtin Default Layout"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default nv Screen 0".
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0".
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0".
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) No FontPath specified.  Using compiled-in default.
(==) FontPath set to:
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
(==) AIGLX enabled
(==) Exporting typical set of GLX visuals
(==) NV(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NV(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NV(0): Using hardware cursor
(==) NV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) NV(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
(==) NV(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NV(0): Silken mouse enabled

++ ( nothing)
!! (nothing)
EE

(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory

NI (nothing)
?? (nothing)
(The display is completely unviewable )

[waterhead]

I don't found the xorg.conf file at (/etc/X11/xorg.conf)

(EE) Unable to locate/open config file

It would appear that this is the problem.

When you install the proprietary nVidia driver, downloaded from the nVidia web site, it asks if you want it to configure the xorg.conf file. You should answer "Yes", then it creates/configures the xorg.conf file to work with the nvidia driver.

You can still do it afterwards. First you have to bring up a terminal screen. This can be done using a key combination like this:

Ctrl+Alt+F1

The keys F1 through F8 will each bring up a different window, one of which will be the (unviewable) X window.

Login as root (give root password). Then run this command.

nvidia-xconfig

I would reboot now. After rebooting, it should give you a viewable screen. You then want to adjust it using the nvidia-settings GUI. You want to run this program as root, so that you can save the changes. Open a terminal window, use the terminal program not the F keys. Log in as root with su, and run this command.

nvidia-settings

Here you should be able to make changes such as resolution and dual monitor settings. Save the changes ("Save to X Configuration File" button) before exiting.

[abody]

The thing that make this problem , because I don't know the difference between the terminal window and the terminal screen , I was type ( init 3 ) in terminal window .
Thank you , its working

[waterhead]

That is good to hear!

NVidia has excellent Linux support, but you need to use the proprietary nVidia driver. You can also install the nVidia driver in Fedora by using the RPM FusionRepository.

The main advantage of this is that if you upgrade the kernel, it should also upgrade the nVidia driver. When you manually install the nVidia driver, you will have to manually re-install it after a kernel upgrade.