Nvidia drivers install

[RatonGL]

Hi

I cant install nvidia drivers because it send me an error abuout the X server is active, i can go to text mode, if i go to su- next telinit 3, the computer frezes, some ideas?

Thanks!

[tommyd3mdi]

What about init 1?
You can also boot directly into single user mode by adding "single"
at the end of the "kernel" line of grub.

[marion]

I tried init 1 and it says to run at level 3 ('telinit 3') because of some distros no running devfs daemon at runlevel 1, and I have no idea what that means, but I get the drift.

[tommyd3mdi]

I'm on FC4 and could install the drivers in single user mode.
Anyways... you need to get init 3 working, too. I suspect that
init 3 is correctly set but a certain process hangs so you actually
do not get a shell. Try CTRL+C if it hangs for more than half
a minute on a certain load command (like "Starting foo [ OK ]").

[marion]

Ok it's working, Here's what I did.

[marion@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# gedit /etc/inittab

Edit this line:

id:5:initdefault:

To this line:

id:3:initdefault:

Still using gedit, open /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Remove the following lines:
Load "dri"
Load "GLCore"
Replace with:
Load "glx"
... if it's not already there.

Remove:
Driver "nv"
or Driver "vesa"
or Driver "fbdev"
Replace with:
Driver "nvidia"

Save both the xorg.conf and inittab files and reboot. After you reboot, linux will boot into terminal mode and ask for the user login.

Login and su - to root, run the Nvidia .run file. For me everthing went fine, and I got none of the previous errors I'd received before.

Once it's finished, at the command line run

inint 5

If all went well you should see the nvidia logo full screen like I did.
This will get you back to the xserver, login and use gedit again to edit /etc/inittab and set it back to 5.

Now to play UT2004.

[Linuxas]

I performed what you written up there in detail.

I finished install a Nvidia driver and ran at the command line



'[root@localhost ----]# init 5'

and written then

'bash:init: command not found'

What’s wrong with it?


thank you for answer !

[Linuxas]

[QUOTE=Linuxas]I performed what you written up there in detail.

I finished install a Nvidia driver and ran at the command line



'[root@localhost ----]# init 5'

and written then

'bash:init: command not found'

What’s wrong with it?


thank you for answer !

[Linuxas]

[QUOTE=Linuxas]

Originally Posted by Linuxas

I performed what you written up there in detail.

I finished install a Nvidia driver and ran at the command line



'[root@localhost ----]# init 5'

and written then

'bash:init: command not found'

What’s wrong with it?


thank you for answer !

[fatal_error]

try /sbin/init 5 instead...

[marion]

Linuxas,

I don't know why it returned an error. I'm not advanced enough in Linux to tell you what's wrong, or how to fix it.

What I posted above was what I found in the nvidia readme file. I followed the instructions as posted, and it worked. Last night a friend came over and tried to install the driver, but it couldn't find the kernel source.

The difference between his system and mine is that I'm running the FC4 release and he's upgraded his from test 2. So I don't know what variations there may be between our systems.

[fatal_error]

marion,

actually with newer NVidia Drivers you *don't* need the kernel sources, at most some kernel header files which should be installed by default with a clean install of FC4...

And for init....try /sbin/init 3....as this is the location where it resided ;-)

[kerrysl]

I've seen this init issue on many threads and experienced it myself. I believe that if you are using a terminal and 'su' to get root access, you don't get placed in the root's environment and therefore "/sbin/init 3" is required. If you go straight for a root terminal then you do get the root's environment and "init 3" should work.

At the console I think the same applies, although not sure if you can "su" or not. I haven't tested it at the console only in terminal windows. So when you 'su', since your not in the root directory, with root's path environment, your system doesn't know where 'init' is, so you have to tell it with '/sbin/init'.

I don't think it is a fault with your configuration, but rather just the way linux works.

Kerry.

[Fedajkin]

I have instaled nVidia drivers but my monitor crashes i dont see anything...
I have cheanged xorg.conf and repleaced "vesa' with 'nvidia'...

My monitor is IIYAMA ProLite E430, and graphics Leadtek WinFast A6600 TD (AGP).

Can any one help me?

[iamroot]

Did you follow the instructions carefully and remove "dri" and "GLcore"?

[RatonGL]

I had the same problem, there is a problem with the nvidia kernel module, i solve it istalling the diver with the make install, and it work well. try it.