Fedora 3 (64) & Nvidia driver

[chadauld]

I have installed FC3 twice now and experience the same problems while trying to load the nvidia graphics driver. I have searched the web and read the doc's, but I can't seem to figure it out..

Here is what I did:

step 1: edited my "/etc/inittab" file and looked for a line that says "id:5:initdefault:" and changed it to "id:3:initdefault: "

step 2 : rebooted.

step 3 logged in as root and ran the nvidia installer.

step 4: edited "/etc/X11/xorg.conf "
- searched for line: Load "dri" and commented it out with #
- changed line after Section "Device" from Driver "nv" to Driver "nvidia"

step 5: switched the inittab file "initdefault:" back to 5. exited root and ran startx.

step 6: I saw the nvidia logo while it was loading KDE. Everything seemed to be running fine. I closed x and ran "reboot -n".

Now for the issue: During boot the PC just hangs. Right after "Initialzing hardware" it goes into "Configuring kernel parameters" and never goes any further!

The second time I installed it I rebooted the system without changing the inittabdefault back to 5 and it booted to the terminal login screen fine. I then switched the default back to 5 and rebooted once more. Then I got the same result - Right after "Initialzing hardware" it goes into "Configuring kernel parameters" and never goes any further!

What am I missing? :(

[LinuxNewb]

I too am having that problem but it looks like you are missing other parts of the installation
when your editing xorg.conf make sure you have ' Load "glx" ' under modules

after you edit your xorg.conf file there are a few more things you should do

1) Load nvidia driver using

modprobe nvidia


2)Set nvidia driver to load with udev.

cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices


chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*



see if that helps, also make sure ur udev is current and upto date. i have the exact same problem, ive installed and done all steps and it still hangs at the nvidia logo screen, there may be sum conflicting files i need to remove, im also looking for the package nvidia-glx

if i find a fix to my issue ill let you know :) i might just do the install all over again

[chadauld]

Thanks.. I'll give a shot now. I think I have to do a complete reinstall because I can't seem to boot to a terminal.

I was a RH user a couple years back, but then switched to Mandrake when RH switched to Fedora. So this is my first try at switching back to RH.

Is there an easy way to just update udev without running the full up2date app?

[LinuxNewb]

i used apt-get and the GUI synaptic to update udev

and i expeirenced the same problem with the terminal. once you load to init level 3 press CTRL-ALT-F1 and see if that brings you to a prompt to log in to root. sumtimes i just have to hit enter or space and itll bring up the command line. a little buggy i guess.

get apt-get here http://apt.freshrpms.net/ and once its installed on the command line run ' apt-get install synaptic

[chadauld]

LinuxNewb, thanks for all your help! This worked perfectly. :)

FYI - I was trying it out before I saw your last post. Therefore, I did it without updating udev.

[LinuxNewb]

well im glad you got it to work mine is buggy, wont load keeps stalling im gonna uninstall and install a older driver :)