FC3-Test3 + NVIDIA-6111 driver

[Ricardo Veguilla]

On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 09:27 -0700, Hardy Merrill wrote:
> Good info, but even this sounds like a hack.
> 

well, its a work-around.

> Can we expect a "standard" fix to this issue at some
> point?  I only took a quick look at Harald's udev info
> - is Harald's "udev" stuff *the* standard fix, or will
> there be something else upcoming that is more
> standard?
> 

A "standard" fix to which issue? You seem to be talking about the udev
device module handling changes, right? 


> Hardy Merrill
> 
> --- Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 16:38 +0200, Lars wrote:
> > > had to disable rhgb from the grub config to get it
> > booting right.
> > > some tips for loading the nvidia module are here
> > > http://people.redhat.com/harald/udev.html
> > > maybe this helps
> > > 
> > > best
> > > lars
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Nave, Ronald wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Partial resolution of the NVIDIA-6111 driver
> > problem:
> > > > 
> > > > I down loaded the patched version of the
> > NVIDIA-6111 driver
> > > > available at
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://gentoo.kems.net/gentoo-x86-portage/media-video/nvidia-kernel/files/1.
> > > > 0.6111/
> > > > 
> > > > and was able to built the driver for the
> > 2.6.8-1-610 kernel.
> > > > 
> > > > I tested the driver by manually entering
> > > > "startx" from the command line and was able to
> > bring up
> > > > X windows with the NVIDIA-6111 driver.
> > > > 
> > > > However, when I rebooted , the system locked up
> > part way
> > > > into the boot sequence at the line
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > "Configuring kernel parameters"
> > > > 
> > > > However, I discovered if I edit  /etc/inittab
> > > > 
> > > > to start up in level 3 , the system boot up to
> > the command
> > > > line login.
> > > > 
> > > > After loggin in , I was able to once again bring
> > up X
> > > > by typing  "startx".
> > > > 
> > > > Also it is still necessary to edit
> > > > /etc/rc.d/rc/local
> > > > 
> > > > by adding the line
> > > > 
> > > > "/sbin/modprobe nvidia"
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > 
> > Just for the record, you can use a different X
> > configuration for rhgb.
> > If the file "/etc/rghb/xorg.conf" is present, rhgb
> > will use it instead
> > of the "/etc/X11/xorg.conf", so you can tell rhgb
> > use the xorg "nv"
> > driver instead of nvidia's and then call "modprobe
> > nvidia" from rc.local
> > so the nvidia driver will be used when the system
> > boots to level 5.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > -- 
> > Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu>
> > 
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Ricardo Veguilla <veguilla at hpcf.upr.edu>