On 05.23 16:03, Peter L. Hurd wrote:
Hey Jim,
Jim Radford
> I have an Nvidia card and am wishing to do a complete wipe and
> reinstall (from FC1 to FC2). What issues are there with the Nvidia
> drivers and how do I overcome them?
I upgraded 3 Nvidia equipped boxes from FC1 to FC2 and had no problem.
I just followed the usual kernel upgrading procedure.
But now, I've spent all day to day trying to get the Nvidia drivers to
run (they'll load - at least there are no errors or warnings in
Xorg.0.log - but I get an unresponsive grey screen) on a machine I
upgraded from RH9 to FC2. I'm about ready to pitch the damn thing out
the window...
I'm hoping that
atrpms.net makes some FC2 Nvidia RPMS. I've never tried
them, but that's what I'll wait for.
In case anyone sees an obvious clue I'm missing here's the Xorg.0.log
file and the XF86Config file...
[snip]
I see two problems here. First, the configuration file has not been updated
as described in the nVidia README. You need to change the driver from "nv" to
"nvidia" and (if I recall correctly) remove "dri" from the Module
section.
Assuming that you've run the nVidia installer, you've got the new X modules with
the old driver. Second, you're running a 2.6.5 kernel, which does not support
CONFIG_4KSTACKS, which means that you're running 8K stacks, which are
incompatible with the nVidia drivers.
I'd suggest re-installing X to get the old drivers back.
Good luck.