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List:       suse-xfree86
Subject:    Re: [suse-xfree86] Nvidia Drivers
From:       Matthew A Tobiasz <matobias () ucalgary ! ca>
Date:       2004-02-14 4:31:13
Message-ID: 200402132131.13180.matobias () ucalgary ! ca
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I gave that a try and same result: boots to a dead screen, CTRL-ALT-DEL brings 
the display back (with Nvidia logo), and when I exit my window manager, dead 
screen, etc.

It's really werid that when the screen is dead CTRL-ALT-DEL brings it back.  
I'm thinking something isn't being loaded in the right order...

I'm trying to figure this out by looking at the logs.  What is the difference 
between these two log files:
	/var/log/XFree86.0.log 
and
	/var//log/XFree86.0.0.log
Which on should I be looking at?

-Matthew
 
> I had the same problem initially, though I am using a different card.
> (geforce4 MX420) When I tried to run sax2 -m 0=nvidia I would get a module
> error and would have to run sax2 --reinit in order to get my card to even
> work again.
>
> What I ended up doing and seems to be working so far: I reinstalled the
> nvidia driver package, ran sax2 with the --reinit flag, then set the sax
> settings to default for the card (with the driver set to 'nv') and saved
> the sax settings. I closed sax and manually edited the XF86Config file and
> changed the driver module for the card from 'nv' to 'nvidia'. The nVidia
> splash screen showed up when I restarted x, and if I check sax via YaST it
> shows the correct driver module loaded. ('nvidia')
>
> Even though it doesn't show as activated in sax, everything seems to be
> working fine, and my games (Neverwinter Nights for the most part) are
> detecting 3D support and running fine with a good framerate. Don't know if
> you've read this: (link will wrap, sorry)
> ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/X/XFree86/nvidia-installer-H
>OWTO but it helped me out some.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -Ryan


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