Hello, I just installed Fedora Core 4 (FC4) and I'm having trouble getting the binary nvidia driver working on my Dell Inspiron 8500 (with 1920x1200 resolution). I've installed the driver without trouble in FC1-FC3.
I went to init 3, installed the driver, ran then added '/sbin/modprobe nvidia' to rc.local, removed rhgb from the grub.conf to bypass the udev problem (does that still exist in FC4?) and tried configuring my xorg.conf based on examples I found on the web.
When I try to start 'x' the nvidia splash screen shows for about a second then crashes.
I get this error...don't know if it means anything:
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Does anyone have this working on a Dell Inspiron 8500 with 1920x1200 resolution? Could you send me an example xorg.conf?
Thank You!
~ TroyGeek ~
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 21:35 -0500, TroyGeek wrote:
Hello, I just installed Fedora Core 4 (FC4) and I'm having trouble getting the binary nvidia driver working on my Dell Inspiron 8500 (with 1920x1200 resolution). I've installed the driver without trouble in FC1-FC3.
I went to init 3, installed the driver, ran then added '/sbin/modprobe nvidia' to rc.local, removed rhgb from the grub.conf to bypass the udev problem (does that still exist in FC4?) and tried configuring my xorg.conf based on examples I found on the web.
When I try to start 'x' the nvidia splash screen shows for about a second then crashes.
The only changes I make in xorg.conf to use the nvidia driver is as follows:
< In the Monitor section I changed the VertRefresh rate because my flatscreen monitor requires 60 hz to run at highest resolution and it would not automatically sync to that. Once I limited the max rate to 60.0 then it worked perfectly.>
Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "SyncMaster" DisplaySize 430 320 HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 60.0 <-- new # VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 <-- original Option "dpms" EndSection
<Here we set the driver>
Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" # Driver "nv" <-- original Driver "nvidia" <-- new VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)" EndSection
< In the Screen section I added the display section for the depth of 24 with additional resolutions and made it the default depth>
Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" "1200x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection
I get this error...don't know if it means anything:
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Does anyone have this working on a Dell Inspiron 8500 with 1920x1200 resolution? Could you send me an example xorg.conf?
You may need to comment out the Load "dri" in the Module section. Mine works with FC4, but on FC3 I had to comment that out. I suspect that the nvidia driver is not loaded properly though.
Thank You!
~ TroyGeek ~
Am So, den 06.11.2005 schrieb TroyGeek um 3:35:
I just installed Fedora Core 4 (FC4) and I'm having trouble getting the binary nvidia driver working on my Dell Inspiron 8500 (with 1920x1200 resolution). I've installed the driver without trouble in FC1-FC3.
I went to init 3, installed the driver, ran then added '/sbin/modprobe nvidia' to rc.local, removed rhgb from the grub.conf to bypass the udev problem (does that still exist in FC4?) and tried configuring my xorg.conf based on examples I found on the web.
You better follow http://www.fedorafaq.org/#nvidia. That will to avoid any possible issue regarding udev.
When I try to start 'x' the nvidia splash screen shows for about a second then crashes.
I get this error...don't know if it means anything:
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXgetActiveScreen from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Does anyone have this working on a Dell Inspiron 8500 with 1920x1200 resolution? Could you send me an example xorg.conf?
And if you stay using the closed source NVidia driver from direct install rather than rpm.livna.org provided Fedora rpm, then at least follow the instructions from
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7676/README.txt
It is very clear about necessary changes in xorg.conf (regarding dri).
~ TroyGeek ~
Alexander