Anyways....i got redhat 8.0 installed and was attempting to get the nvidia drivers on here....nvchooser told me to get the src rpm kernel and the glx i386 rpms.
Followed the instructions explicitly (change nv to nvidia, add Load "glx" and remove two others in the module section), i startx and bam...black screen. I'm reading and been reading for hours so i decided a little help might not hurt. Anyone come across this b4 please let me know.
Btw, i'm booting into GUI mode instead of text mode (changed it like a newbie right b4 i tested it...go me! :P) so now i'm just constantly booting into a black screen. How can i get into text mode real quick to atleast edit the conf file to boot in mode 3.
ty for your help.
dimitrylevin
03-09-2003, 07:53 PM
Sorry, I don't know how to help you on your NVidia problem, but to access the console when in GUI, press control-alt-f2. to go back to X, press control-alt-f7
djsony
03-09-2003, 08:03 PM
ah, cool..i appreciate the try though. I believe i can't do the ctrl+alt+f2 b/c i can't even see gui mode...i need to start in text mode. or will that command actually shutdown x and start in text ?
blingbling!!
03-09-2003, 08:10 PM
Hey dj!
I feel your pain .... i went through this little sharade yesterday, and it wasn't much fun! At first, they didn't work for me, it turned out in the end i had installed the wrong NVIDIA_kernel package, and i eventually got it sorted by running nvchooser and installing the correct drivers. It sounds like something different might be happening in your case though - when i had the wrong drivers in and i tried to start X, it would try 3 times to start, then fail, then it came up with a little text based diagnostic program. Then the Xserver was disabled, and i had to reboot to re-try. Once this had happened i was still left with a text-based log in, is this what you have? It sounds from your post like you don't even have the text log in. If so, you can always switch to a difrerent console by pressing <ctrl>+<alt>+<f1> or <ctrl>+<alt>+<f2> etc. This will allow you to alter your /etc/inittab to boot into a text console.
One last thing - nvchooser told you to get the src.rpm package? This sounds like you might have to compile the source yourself, which might be the case if you machine is older, or with weird configuration or hardware. If this is the case then your journey will be longer and more arduous than mine - good luck!
On the bright side, though, the NVIDIA drivers kick ***, i can play quake3 on my computer now, and the graphics beat the s**t out of the windows version!
hth
Robin
dimitrylevin
03-09-2003, 08:12 PM
It won't actually shut down X, but it will clear the screen and give you a console screen. I think it's called "Virtual Console". Try it.
dimitrylevin
03-09-2003, 08:14 PM
blingbling, i didn't see your reply when i posted mine just now. you beat me ;)
djsony
03-09-2003, 08:22 PM
alright..awesome guys..thx.
I really believe i installed everything correctly....cuz X doesn't do anything..just a black screen. I can even press ctrl+alt+backspace and it reloads (screen flash like it reloaded--but goes back to same black screen). Could it be some random option in the xf86config file? Least i now can go in and check it..thx for the input.
:D
blingbling!!
03-09-2003, 08:23 PM
:)
djsony
03-09-2003, 09:12 PM
ctrl + alt + F(x) didn't work....nothing pretty much worked.
is there a way to force text mode during initialization or something? /me crosses fingers
blingbling!!
03-09-2003, 09:34 PM
Oh dear......
You can force your system to boot into text mode by editing a file on your system. Edit the file '/etc/inittab'. Near the top of the file should be a line like this:
id:5:initdefault:
Which you should replace with a line like this:
id:3:initdefault:
Use the exact same syntax, but make sure you have a 3 instead of a 5. Now reboot, and you should be in a text console.
Of course, this assumes that you are able to edit files on your system, is this the case? If not, then you could try typing the command:
init 3
which sets the system run level down to 3. Similarly, you can go back to run level 5 by typing init 5.
Ifyou are completely unable to either issue comands, or edit any files on your system, then i'm stuck!!! I hate to have to say this, but you could reinstall.....
Ok, hth
Robin
eyceguy
03-09-2003, 10:06 PM
if you need to get to a cli to edit the '/etc/inittab' file why not just search for a boot up rescue disk and then edit the file from there. im sure you could find a rescue disk to do the job
djsony
03-09-2003, 11:47 PM
wierd....i left my pc on load up....went to go eat dinner..came back and it was on. Not really sure what the issue is, but its' clear that the nvidia drivers are SLOW as hell...not sure how to deal with this, but i'm gonna keep searching. THanks for you help guys.
rapture
03-09-2003, 11:53 PM
Originally posted by djsony
Hi there, new to linux and the community. :D <3
Anyways....i got redhat 8.0 installed and was attempting to get the nvidia drivers on here....nvchooser told me to get the src rpm kernel and the glx i386 rpms.
Did you rebuild the src.rpm like you were supposed to? If you didn't know already, you're supposed to rebuild src rpms in order for them to be installed correctly. Just rpm --rebuild <package_name>.src.rpm and then look for it somewhere in /usr/src/redhat, I believe. I'm not to sure. Once you do that make sure you uninstall the GLX packages and then install the kernel rpm first then the GLX ones. Just follow the README file from the nvidia site, it has everything I've told you so far...heh. Good luck.
EDIT: Nevermind mind my post, seems like you have it working now. Stupid mozilla crashed on me while posting =\
djsony
03-10-2003, 03:53 AM
yeah, it's mind boggling me really
it takes forever for the gui to come up...(don't even see an nvidia logo)...black screen for a while..then bam...video.
even installed q3 and ran it for a while..and seems to run decent (happy yay!! :D) so i'm not really sure what the deal is. Anyone have any clue? I read the xfree86log and it seemed fine honeslty. If you'd like me to post it i will...someone else might understand it better than i, but i saw no errors or anything.
I woudnl't mind but that long *** black screen is really annoying. thanks for the input guys.
djsony
03-10-2003, 01:20 PM
is there some site where they have (let's say a template or somethingl ike that....to what my XF86Config should look like?)
it's pretty much a default config...but still having this issue. Maybe i need to add a line or whatever...but i'm not at all clued into how to edit correctly or tweak my card settings once i have nvidia installed.
blingbling!!
03-10-2003, 03:15 PM
Hi DJ.
Here is a copy of my XF86config file, this is my system's 'active' file, so maybe this can help?
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.
# 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.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# 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 "XkbOptions" ""
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us" #Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection
The alterations i made here are those specified in the nvidia documentation.
btw - have you checked your XF86 log file, maybe there are some clues in here? I spent quite a long time reading this file when i was trying to get the nvidia driver on to my system, although in the end the answer to my porblem was elsewhere :) This file should be the following:
/var/log/XFree86.0.log
The '.0' bit refers to your default screen, i think, ie. if you hooked up 2 moniters to your system, one would log to the .0 file, and the other would log to the .1 file etc (maybe yours should log to the .-1 file :D)
hth
Robin
djsony
03-10-2003, 03:35 PM
haha, yeah....that's the log i was talkin about actually.
in fact...i have a 1 there too..but i figured that was a backup or something...or from a previous log or something...not sure. Dunno if that really means anything though. I'll look through some things later tonight when i get home. Thanks for your file...i appreciate it.
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