X server does not load. No errors printed out. One Warning.

[saqer]

Hi. I have AMD Duron 700MHz with 768Ram. My motherboard is MSI K7T pro 2-A.

I installed RedHat8.0 and applied the latest Errata.

When I installed the nvidia and GLX ( NO problem), I wanted to start the X server with startx and with X. But it wouldn't load. Only one warning. I am listind the log XFree86 log and configeration files.

One thing that is good to mention is when I installed the nvidia drivers, I did not kill the X server, but I only switched to text mode ( with Cnrl-Alt-F1). I changed the run-level to 3 then rebooted the machine. When I found that the start x would't load, I installed the NVidia drivers again (so, this time x-server is not running, but the problem presist.

When I type the srartx command, the X session shuts down after the statement:
(II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extension

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from /var/log/XFree86.0.log:
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Failure reading EDID parameters for display device 0.
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/etc/X11/XFree86.conf:
# File generated by anaconda.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
#

InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:7100"

EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"

# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"

# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
#Option "XkbVariant" ""
#Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

#


Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.0-69.0
VertRefresh 59.0-86.0
Option "dpms"


EndSection

Section "Device"
# no known options
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"

#BusID
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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[saqer]

I am sorry, but the log file is too long to list here.

[bwkaz]

So attach it as a txt file...

[saqer]

Here is the file:

[saqer]

I could not wait. I reinstalled redhat ( my previous load was fresh anyways).
It is not enough to only exit the X server. You must kill it or better to log in in text mode.

First I logged in in text mode. installed the driver and made sure the startx works fine. then changed back the /etc/inittab to run level 5.

Thanks anyways.