trouble with sign in screen after update of nvidia kernel module

thugpoet22 · #1 19th February 2006, 09:13 AM

Hi, i just recently updated my nvidia kernel module. I was hoping that in doing so i would render graphics faster and smoother, but it seems as thought i have run into a problem. This is my kernal version 2.6.15-1.1830_fc4

in installed the nvidia module to go with that and it installed fine. When i restart my computer and the system starts up and goes the the check list, everything checks out ok, its all green but when it gets to the start screen it hangs, it shows my start screen but it wont let me log in.

Now the start screen that i have up is custom, its not the default startup screen and i was thinking that that might be the problem. So i was guessing that if it was possible to put the startup screen back to default i might be able to log into linux. But im totoally unsure about how to go about doing that. Truthfully im not even certain that thats the solution. If anybody has any suggestions please post. Thanks in advance

jhetrick62 · #2 19th February 2006, 01:19 PM

I can only tell you that when I updated to that kernel it included a dependency for udev-071. Upon reboot, it crashed when attempting to get to login screen. I booted into terminal access, restored old kernel and reverted udev back to udev-058 and have been running ever since just fine.

That was an ATI box, so I don't think your start-up screen is the problem. Maybe it's not excatly the same problem, but it sounds like it.

Hope that helps,
Jeff

thugpoet22 · #3 19th February 2006, 06:10 PM

how do u boot into terminal access, and when ur in there how do you remove or add things ? I installed it all with yum is it possible to just yum remove it as root

thugpoet22 · #4 19th February 2006, 07:34 PM

I think this is what i basically have to do, i have to some how get into linux and disable the nvidia-glx driver because for some reason when i enabled that thats when the problem started. So since the gui isn't fully starting up im going to need cmd access as root i think and remove that driver or disable it. Again when i start up my system and it goes through the check list it all green, nothing but ok's nothings has failed, but that driver was the last think i installed so i figured thats what giving me the problems.

jhetrick62 · #5 19th February 2006, 09:24 PM

I believe it is /sbin/init 3<enter> to return you to runlevel 3 which does not run x
Then edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to disable glx (I'm not sure that is your problem, just telling you how to accomplish it)
Then when finished, /sbin/init 5<enter> and it should return you to runlevel 5 with x login.

Jeff

thugpoet22 · #6 20th February 2006, 02:44 AM

i know this is a noob questions but, how do u boot using the command line. I know by pressing c on the boot loader u get the command line but i dont think thats the one that that i need.

jhetrick62 · #7 20th February 2006, 04:26 AM

The above can be done from a GUI. Open terminal and become root (su). Then enter /sbin/init 3.

This should close out xserver and give you a command login The other way to do it is to log in and edit your grub.conf file and add a "3" at the end of the kernel line. Here is mine. I keep a CLI choice just incase of emergency repairs.

default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.14-1.1656_FC4)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ 5 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.14-1.1656_FC4) - CLI
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ 3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.img
title Other
rootnoverify (hd0,4)
chainloader +1

The second entry I added CLI to the end of description and at the end of the kernel line, I placed a 3 and deleted the "quiet" statement. This allows me to choose this option at any time during the boot screen.

Hope this helps,
Jeff

thugpoet22 · #8 20th February 2006, 05:56 AM

thanks a lot im going to give this a shot

thank u so much for giving the time to help me. Your effort has led to me fixing my distro. What i had to do was remove that driver or at the least disable the nvidia-glx driver. I dont know what that wont work, now for some reason i feel like im using my graphics card to its fullest degree, but thank you so much for helping me.