NVIDIA Linux drivers and Fedora Core 2 thread

[smakdown61]

If you are trying to install the latest Nvidia linux drivers on Fedora Core 2 and either get the freeze problem or the "no screen" problem try this:

If you have already installed the drivers and are having the problems described above do this:
1. Install the 8kstacks kernel found here http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader...ernel-i686.php
2. Unistall the nvidia drivers using the nvidia-installer --unistall command
3. Reinstall the drivers again while using the 8kstacks kernel and boot to this kernel from now on.

If you havn't installed the nvidia linux drivers yet:
1. Download the drivers but DO NOT RUN THEM.
2. Get the 8k stacks kernel here http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader...ernel-i686.php and install that.
3. Boot into the 8k stacks kernel and now install the drivers.

[CyberSlug]

Didn't work for me... And I did these things exactly... I am just ocnfronted with a black screen, and NO input, except of course the reset button, do anything... Any ideas?

[warmcat]

Edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and change the Default number to match the new kernel position. What does that mean? If you look at /boot/grub/grub.conf, after the top section the rest of it is one or more three or four line blocks of text. These tell grub how to boot a particular kernel version. The first of these blocks is 0, the next is 1 and so on. Find the one with the kernel you installed from the instructions above, and set the Default line in the top section to the corresponding block number.

[smakdown61]

Originally Posted by CyberSlug

Didn't work for me... And I did these things exactly... I am just ocnfronted with a black screen, and NO input, except of course the reset button, do anything... Any ideas?

Follow warmcat's instructions and make sure you are booting to the 8kstacks kernel because only the original 4kstacks one will do the freeze thing. Once you get into the new kernel find the nvidia installer and type nvidia-installer --uninstall. Then restart into the 8kstacks kernel again and reinstall the drivers.

[warmcat]

Actually, it just occurred to me the guy is stuck in a loop booting into a freeze.

Two ways forward.

First, at boot time, when the grub screen comes up, use the up or down arrow to stop it just booting the default kernel. Then select manually the kernel installed with the 8K stacks and hit enter.

The second way is to press the up and down arrow key to get the grub selection screen again, but this time hit IIRC the 'a' key on a kernel, and add the number 3 to the end of the kernel commandline before booting with it. This tells the initscripts at boottime to only go to runlevel3. In plain words that means to only come up with a textmode login display, and not to try to run X (which is crashing on you at the moment). From here you can use vi or similar to edit config files and so on, then type

shutdown -r now

to reboot.

[KzY]

Originally Posted by warmcat

Actually, it just occurred to me the guy is stuck in a loop booting into a freeze.

Two ways forward.

First, at boot time, when the grub screen comes up, use the up or down arrow to stop it just booting the default kernel. Then select manually the kernel installed with the 8K stacks and hit enter.

The second way is to press the up and down arrow key to get the grub selection screen again, but this time hit IIRC the 'a' key on a kernel, and add the number 3 to the end of the kernel commandline before booting with it. This tells the initscripts at boottime to only go to runlevel3. In plain words that means to only come up with a textmode login display, and not to try to run X (which is crashing on you at the moment). From here you can use vi or similar to edit config files and so on, then type

shutdown -r now

to reboot.

Good point i forgot he was still in a loop. If for some reason you don't have the 8kstacks kernel on there anymore (for which you can't use warmcat's directions) you can use the rescue cd which will boot you into its own safe kernel and create an image of your harddrive also allowing you to change back the xorg.conf file.

[yannlieb]

Once it works, you can install the NTFS driver which match your kernel version.

Please find below a link to the driver I've compiled for the 2.6.6-1.427.8kstacks.i686 kernel
http://www.liebaert.org/kernel-ntfs-...tacks.i686.rpm

Best regards,
Yann

[Klut]

it's nice that you over some help to point to another kernel package witch is compiled with no 4k stacks option. but do you work on a newer version of the driver too?

somewhen in the future i want to be able to download a "normal" kernel update package instead of looking for a special compiled package.

regards,
christian klut

[piskozub]

Originally Posted by Klut

somewhen in the future i want to be able to download a "normal" kernel update package instead of looking for a special compiled package.

Somewhere in the future, I want to download a _normal_ NVIDIA driver, working with the mainstream 4KSTACK enabled Linux kernel.

Sigh...

[Mrzap]

Hi. I seem to be having the same problem except my kernel that I am currently using is newer than the 8 stacks on that website. I error out with the following

warning: kernel2661427.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5dfbf7dc
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package kernel-2.6.6-1.435 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.6-1.427.8kstacks) is already installed

What can I do? Thanks

[stodge]

damn, I just installed Fedora and discovered this thread; guess I can't use my NVidia card then

[_gpf_]

Okay, I have followed the above instructions and am still unable to get my card working. When I reboot, X tries to start but instead I get a black screen. I just ran

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run --uninstall

And removed the necessary lines from xorg.conf.

Which was successful in getting me back to a standard X without 3D.

rpm -q kernel returns:

kernel-2.6.5-1.358
kernel-2.6.6-1.427.8kstacks

uname -r returns:

2.6.6-1.427.8kstacks

So I have the correct kernel installed and am currently using it.

At this point, I again run:

sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run

And then modify xorg.conf as necessary.

I have changed the 8kstacks kernel to the default in GRUB. On reboot, still get the same as CyberSlug.

Any suggestions?
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