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293132 2004-11-16 09:45:00 Has anyone got the driver working properly with fc3?
I've installed it & configured the xorg.conf file as instructed. Deleted the rivafb modules as instructed & it can't start X, it goes through a configuration wizard & reloads the generic driver. Any Ideas? 		phil.b (4456)
293133 2004-11-16 10:01:00 Hi Phil

Can you post the last lot of error messages at the end of this log:

/var/log/nvidia-installer.log

Also, can you post your xorg.conf after you have edited it so that we can checked that out as well. :) 		Jen C (20)
293134 2004-11-16 10:05:00 Oops - forgot another log ..

In a terminal "su -" to root and run this and post the output back here. Do this right after having the X server reconfigured during startup again.

tail -20 /var/log/messages 		Jen C (20)
293135 2004-11-16 10:08:00 Thanks for the reply Jen, I'll do it tomorrow evening. I'm ready to fall off this seat .

Phil 		phil.b (4456)
293136 2004-11-17 07:07:00 Hi Jen if you're there, here's the files you asked for. I did the before & after of the xorg.conf too.
file:/home/phil/temp/Editedxorg.conf
file:/home/phil/temp/nvidia_installer_text
file:/home/phil/temp/var_log_messages_tail
file:/home/phil/temp/xorg.conf_original
file:/home/phil/temp/xorg.0.log 		phil.b (4456)
293137 2004-11-17 07:13:00 Hi Phil

Could you post the contents of each log for us to read - it makes it easier to troubleshoot the potential problem areas :) 		Jen C (20)
293138 2004-11-17 07:22:00 I've never tried to copy files to this before. Do I just copy & paste the whole lot of text in the files. phil.b (4456)
293139 2004-11-17 07:27:00 Yes, just copy and paste into the reply box here, making sure you have specified what text belongs to what log. :) Jen C (20)
293140 2004-11-17 07:29:00 Edited xorg.conf file

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
# RgbPath is 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 "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# 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"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "MAG 986PF"
DisplaySize 360 260
HorizSync 30.0 - 86.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection 		phil.b (4456)
293141 2004-11-17 07:30:00 nvidia installer text

Uninstalling NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86 (1.0-6629):
-> done.
-> Uninstallation of existing driver: NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for
Linux-x86 (1.0-6629) is complete.
-> Installing 'NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86' (1.0-6629):
executing: './usr/src/nv/makedevices.sh'...
executing: '/sbin/ldconfig'...
executing: '/sbin/depmod -aq'...
-> done.
-> Driver file installation is complete.
-> Running post-install sanity check:
-> done.
-> Post-install sanity check passed.
-> Shared memory test passed.
-> Running runtime sanity check:
-> done.
-> Runtime sanity check passed.
-> Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86
(version: 1.0-6629) is now complete. Please update your XF86Config or
xorg.conf file as appropriate; see the file
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README for details. 		phil.b (4456)
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