GForce drivers installed...but dont work

finaly got everything to compile, the drivers are in their proper spot AND i edited the XF86 file the way the README.txt says but still when it trys to go into grafix mode it craps out.

i looked through the FAQ and my situtation cant be found.

anysuggestions?

[crimsun]

Would you post the errors you're receiving, your XF86Config-4, and your /var/log/XFree86.0.log ?

[Richard999]

Check /etc/modules.conf

$cat /etc/modules.conf | grep NVdriver

That should reveal.

alias char-major-195 NVdriver

If not then edit the /etc/modules.conf so that that line is in the alias section and run depmod.

$su
$password

#depmod -a

Now start your window manager in the usual fashion.

hi

i've got the same problem and already tried some things but it's still there here is what is written in my XFree86 -log file:
...
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.1.10
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/glx.so
(EE) LoadModule: Module glx does not have a glxModuleData data object.
(II) UnloadModule: "glx"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/glx.so
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (invalid module, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.3123
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
(II) NVIDIA XFree86 Driver 1.0-3123 Tue Aug 27 16:00:08 PDT 2002
(II) NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver for: RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, Vanta,
RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64, Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 MX 100/200,
Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go, GeForce2 Integrated GPU, GeForce2 GTS,
GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro2 Pro, GeForce4 MX 460,
GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420, Quadro4 500/550 XGL,
Quadro4 200/400 NVS, NV18, NV18 , NV18 , NV18, NV18GL, NV18GL ,
NV18GL , 0x01F0, GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500,
Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4200,
Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL, Quadro4 700 XGL, NV28, NV28 ,
NV28GL, NV28GL , GeForce2 Go, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go,
GeForce4 420 Go 32M, GeForce4 460 Go, GeForce4 440 Go 64M,
GeForce4 410 Go 16M, Quadro4 500 GoGL
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset GeForce4 Ti 4200 found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xd807ffff (0x80000) MX[b](B)
[7] -1 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[8] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[10] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[11] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e007 (0x8) IX[b]
[12] -1 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[13] -1 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[14] -1 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[15] -1 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xd807ffff (0x80000) MX[b](B)
[7] -1 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[8] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[9] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[10] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[11] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[12] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[13] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[14] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e007 (0x8) IX[b]
[15] -1 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[16] -1 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[17] -1 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[18] -1 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[b]
[19] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[20] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xD0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xE8000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): Detected TV Encoder: Philips 7108
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 8 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 16 bpp: 350 MHz
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display 0: maximum pixel clock at 32 bpp: 350 MHz
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor[0]: Using hsync range of 30.00-107.00 kHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Monitor[0]: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-150.00 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for Display Device 0:
(**) NVIDIA(0): Mode "1600x1200": 224.6 MHz, 106.4 kHz, 84.9 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Mode "1280x1024": 178.1 MHz, 102.6 kHz, 95.9 Hz
(**) NVIDIA(0): Mode "1024x768": 142.1 MHz, 101.5 kHz, 126.6 Hz
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1600 x 1200
(--) NVIDIA(0): Display dimensions: (360, 270) mm
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (112, 112)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a
(II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd807ffff (0x80000) MX[b]
[1] 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b]
[2] 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[b](B)
[4] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[5] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[8] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b]
[9] -1 0xd8000000 - 0xd807ffff (0x80000) MX[b](B)
[10] -1 0xd0000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[b](B)
[11] -1 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[12] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprD)
[13] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
[14] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
[15] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[16] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[17] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e007 (0x8) IX[b]
[18] -1 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[19] -1 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[20] -1 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[21] -1 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[b]
[22] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
[23] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 4X successfully initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1600x1200"
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load glX
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
Solid filled trapezoids
8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
8x8 mono pattern filled trapezoids
Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion
Solid Lines
Scanline Image Writes
Offscreen Pixmaps
Driver provided FillSolidRects replacement
Driver provided FillSolidSpans replacement
Driver provided FillMono8x8PatternRects replacement
Driver provided WritePixmap replacement
Driver provided ReadPixmap replacement
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
21 128x128 slots
4 256x256 slots
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Option "CalcAlgorithm" is not used
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard[0]" handled by legacy driver
(**) Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
(**) Mouse[1]: Protocol: "imps/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse[1]: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse[1]: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse[1]: Buttons: 5
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse[1]" (type: MOUSE)

[Richard999]

What method did you use to install the GLX drivers?

first itried with rpm-files and later with the tar-files

i solved the problem by adding:
Option "NvAGP" "0"

to the XF86Config-file