On Monday 17 Feb 2003 17:25, Ernie Schroder wrote: > Hi All, > I have just finished building the xfs-sources kernel. It boots up fine > BUT I have no X using the nvidia drivers. (vesa works fine) I have done > emerge -C nvidia-kernel and for nvidia-glx and reinstalled them both > I've done update-modules (using 4191 series drivers). I did compile > agpgart into the kernel, but NvAGP is set to "0" insmod nvidia says no > module by that name found. I know I'm missing something very basic but > for the life of me, I'm lost. Suggestions and DUMBASS comments are > wellcome.
cd /lib/modules/2.4.20-xfs_pre6/video ln -s . ../kernel/drivers/video (nVidia 4191 installs in the wrong place) /etc/modules.d/nvidia contains: # Nvidia drivers support alias char-major-195 nvidia # To tweak the driver the following options can be used, note that # you should be careful, as it could cause instability!! # # To enable Side Band Adressing: NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 # # To enable Fast Writes: NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1 # # To enable both for instance, uncomment following line: # #options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1 \ # NVreg_EnableVia4x=1 options nvidia NVreg_EnableVia4x=1 Then update-modules and try again. Peter -- Gentoo-1.4.2.8 Unstable. KDE: 3.1.0 Qt: 3.1.0 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ 512MB. Kernel: 2.4.20-xfs_pre6. GCC 3.2.2 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
