RH8 GeForce4 MX440 problems

[gh0st]

Very new to linux so having a few problems installing the NV drivers on my system:

Intel 866 on Abit BE6-II
w/ 320MB RAM

in my XFree86.0.log i get the infamous "(EE) [GLX]: Failed to add GLX extension (NVIDIA XFree86 driver not found)"

i used the NVidia installer, and ever time i reboot and try to startx it crashes, and when it rebuilds X it ALWAYS kills my mouse.

additional info:

[root@ghost root]# find /lib/modules -name nvidia.o
/lib/modules/2.4.18-14/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.o
[root@ghost root]# uname -r
2.4.18-14

ran that to make sure the driver was actually installed like i saw on a previoius post w/ a similar problem. if i could get any help i'd really appreciate it since the generic NV driver sucks to no end. on a side note: i am using an old monitor while my new one arrives (previous one died) and so my settings are generic 1024x768 svga.

:confused:

[bwkaz]

I really hate to sound this ... I guess annoying, but did you read the README at all?

(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.o
(II) Module vesa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 You're still using the "vesa" driver. You have to edit your XF86Config after installing the drivers, so that it uses Driver "nvidia".

If you've done that already, then did you edit the right config file?

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" That's the config file that it says it's using -- that is, therefore, the config file you need to be editing. :)

[gh0st]

maybe this will shed some light on that log file (mentioned this in the previous post, but didn't make it very clear)

after i install the nvidia driver and boot up, after x dies and 'revives' itself by reconfiguring itself, when i finally get into xwindows my mouse is totally f'ed up, so i have to use the keyboard to go in and reconfigure my mouse settings. when i grabbed that log file, it was after i had rebooted back up again to revive the mouse.

so what i did was re-installed the driver (and killed x again) and grabbed the log right after x revived itself. so here is a clean log, with all the goodies.

[bwkaz]

Does doing an /sbin/modprobe nvidia as root before you startx help at all? (you won't be able to boot to a graphical login -- yet -- if you try to do it this way).

If it does, then look at your /etc/modules.conf file. The alias for the nvidia module must be not quite right. I believe RH 8 uses devfs; if this is correct, then the alias should be alias /dev/nvidia* nvidia. If this is not correct, then the alias should be alias char-major-195 nvidia. Once that alias is set up properly, you can run /sbin/depmod -a, then revert to a graphical login if you want.

If you get the same error message (failed to initialize kernel module) after manually loading the module, then there should be a reason why in the logs... usually, it's because "Assign IRQ to VGA" is set to no in your BIOS -- this setting should be set to yes. Along the same lines, PnP OS (or PnP Aware OS) should be set to no.

[gh0st]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! =)

all i had to do was change my BIOS settings to 'PNP OS = No' and 'Assign IRQ to VGA = Yes' and shazam! driver heaven. i haven't tested it much, but at least X is up and running w/ the right driver now. thanks for all your help dude! now all i have to do is learn how to use linux! hehe. :cool:

[bwkaz]

You're welcome!

:)