Need Assist with Nvidia

trix160 · #1 26th January 2010, 12:12 AM

I tried installing a Nvidia Driver for my acer monitor a couple days ago. Upon reboot, the graphics terminal has crashed. Can anyone tell me how I can fix Fedora 12 and get it to reboot again. I have access to the other script based terminals on Fedora 12, but I'm not sure how to troubleshoot.
Laptop: Hp pavilion tx2000, resolution: 1280X800.
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 6150 Go.

I'm desperate to get my computer working again.

dwightpaige79 · #2 26th January 2010, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trix160

I tried installing a Nvidia Driver for my acer monitor a couple days ago. Upon reboot, the graphics terminal has crashed. Can anyone tell me how I can fix Fedora 12 and get it to reboot again. I have access to the other script based terminals on Fedora 12, but I'm not sure how to troubleshoot.
Laptop: Hp pavilion tx2000, resolution: 1280X800.
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 6150 Go.

I'm desperate to get my computer working again.

Two questions. You don't install nVidia for a monitor. You install it for either a nVidia graphics card or on board [mother board] nvidia chipset.

1. Do you have a nVidia graphics card or a nVidia chipset on your mother board?

2. How did you install nVidia driver?

Lovemyway · #3 26th January 2010, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trix160

I tried installing a Nvidia Driver for my acer monitor a couple days ago. Upon reboot, the graphics terminal has crashed. Can anyone tell me how I can fix Fedora 12 and get it to reboot again. I have access to the other script based terminals on Fedora 12, but I'm not sure how to troubleshoot.
Laptop: Hp pavilion tx2000, resolution: 1280X800.
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce 6150 Go.

I'm desperate to get my computer working again.

A good guide is available at http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia#he...0681fc392aaeb6

If you have installed the driver from Nvidia the important bit is to disable the Nouveau driver which is built into the kernel now. I added rdblacklist=nouveau to the end of my kernel line in /etc/grub.conf it worked after that. You should remember that when you run updates and get a new kernel it will crash X again as grub.conf will lose the blacklist setting after a kernel update.

#4 26th January 2010, 02:32 AM

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=239277 , stick to one,

trix160 · #5 26th January 2010, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Demz

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=239277 , stick to one,

Oops.Sorry, having loading problems on this new computer. Didn't mean to have two threads.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwightpaige79

1. Do you have a nVidia graphics card or a nVidia chipset on your mother board?

nVidia graphics card

QUOTE=dwightpaige79;1322775]2. How did you install nVidia driver?[/Quote]

Background info: I had few obstacles after installing Fedora 12 about a week and a half ago. I was trying to get a seperate monitor hooked up to my hp tablet. The laptop recognized the monitor, but the monitor didn't recognize the laptop, and would only display 'no input.' I installed a nVidia according to this 'how to': http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752

I used the topmost code:

Code:

su
rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686

Upon rebooting my computer, Fedora 12 began to load, and the new monitor was mirroring the image (to my excitement). Then, immedietly pre-log in screen, the screen went black.
How do I get my graphics terminal back? I'm a linux neonate, so I need step-by-step troubleshooting.

Any help would be much appreciated

GoinEasy9 · #6 26th January 2010, 05:16 AM

Did you go through all four steps of Leigh's Nvidia install instructions? Because if you only installed the topmost code you will get a black screen with a blinking cursor in the upper left hand part of the screen.

dwightpaige79 · #7 27th January 2010, 01:46 AM

FWIW that is exactly what I follow to install nVidia on my box.

GoingEasy9 is correct. You MUST also:

2. Edit grub.conf ( if you omit this step the driver will fail to work )

this command adds rdblacklist=nouveau option to /boot/grub/grub.conf

Code:

su -
sed -i '/root=/s|$| rdblacklist=nouveau|' /boot/grub/grub.conf
mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

3. Before using the driver, you need to enable allow_execstack so SElinux doesn't prevent the driver loading.

Code:

su
setsebool -P allow_execstack on

4. Reboot

Let us know how you get on. ,

shahdharmit · #8 27th January 2010, 02:40 AM

My reply might not be helpful in solving the query but Leigh's guide worked for me for the same model of nVidia. I had to kill nouveau as described in his guide though I didn't have slightest idea of what it meant. In fact I didn't know anything that was there in his guide except that I had to install those stuffs to run my graphics card.

mjmwired · #9 26th February 2010, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lovemyway

If you have installed the driver from Nvidia the important bit is to disable the Nouveau driver which is built into the kernel now. I added rdblacklist=nouveau to the end of my kernel line in /etc/grub.conf it worked after that. You should remember that when you run updates and get a new kernel it will crash X again as grub.conf will lose the blacklist setting after a kernel update.

No, I believe it will retain whatever parameters you added in the default kernel.