nvidia installation problems

[Sugi]

I am installing nvidia drivers for my geforce2 nvidia card on my old dell laptop.


su
yum install kmod-nvidia
/sbin/init 3
su
nvidia-config-display enable
"Bad Command"

I am stuck at this point now, I can't enable the drivers. I have even trird
nvidia-xconfig
but thats a bad command

What should I do now? I just want dual head mode, I couldn't get it working with the Display mode, it ripped my xorg.conf into pieces.

Sugi

[bob]

You'll want the 96xx kmods for that card. Follow Firewing1's instructions here: http://www.firewing1.com/content/view/64/36/ BTW, those are "commands" not a single command and I didn't find it necessary to do the 'nvidia-config-display-enable' or 'service nvidia restart' so don't panic if those fail.

[Sugi]

I can not log into the x server anymore. It looks like xorg.conf is trying to load those drivers, but are not able to. This may affect how I do that HOWTO you hyperlink to.

Sugi

[Zero-Override]

from a terminal/console type "nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf" to edit your xorg.conf back to what it was
if you haven't changed it since then you can also do this "mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf~ /etc/X11/xorg.conf" remember the caps

[Sugi]

I am already ahead of you on that. I tried using my back ups.

Sugi

[Sugi]

I had like two extra backups of xorg.conf and they both useto work. Everytime I start up my fedora box, it rewrites the xorg.conf to work with the nvidia drivers. So, no matter what xorg.conf I change around, it won't work.

Sugi

[bob]

Just modify it in text mode to allow you to startx temporarily, then change the drivers to the 96xx versions. Use nano or vi to adjust /etc/X11/xorg.conf and even use 'vesa' in place of 'nvidia' if you have to. Once you've installed the 96xx kmods, it will remove the bad drivers.

[Sugi]

Every time I try to set xorg.conf back to the original BACK UP it fails. I type in /sbin/init 3 and then it starts to load.

Checking for module nvidia.ko: [OK]
Enabling the Nvidia driver: [ OK ]
Starting setroubleshootd: [ OK ]
Starting console mouse serives [ OK ]
Starting anacron: [ OK ]

Then it just hangs. Then I got back into my xorg.conf and the section for the Drivers is chnaged back to nvidia instead of vesa.


I don't mind at all installing the kmod drivers through the console. Just let me know what to do.

Side note: What's the supported list number for a Geforce2 within a old dell laptop?

Thanks,
Sugi

[bob]

I'd think you can do this from text as well as a working desktop. As root:

yum remove kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia

then:

yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx

Those are the drivers you want.

[Sugi]

bob, within "kmod-nvidia-96xx" don't I have to replace the xx with my product list number? And if so, where was the product list number for my geforce2?? Am I blind and missing something here?

Thanks,
Sugi

[bob]

No, nothing else. Just run the two scripts and you should be okay.

[Sugi]

# su
# *password*
# yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx
#Blah Blah Blah
Please verify its path and try again

Huh? Now what?

Sugi

[bob]

You've cut and pasted this:

yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx

and get that response? Please cut and paste the actual error and let's see what's involved.

I've also PM'd Firewing1, the guy who creates this, to have a look at the thread and maybe shed some light on the problem. BTW, don't shut down until we've got something accomplished here.

[Firewing1]

Be sure to run su with a dash like this:

su -

This will solve the command not found errors you've been having. Then type:

yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx kmod-nvidia-96xx

This will install the legacy 96 series drivers for your GeForce 2. Be sure to have uninstalled the regular series first though, as they conflict:

rpm -e xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs kmod-nvidia --allmatches

Firewing1

[bob]

(What he said 'cause he knows!)