Denis wrote: >>> And I still think nvidia cards are crap!
It's a subjective point of view. I've not had the frustrations with ATI that I've had with nvidia. But to each his own, right? > > What is that statement based on? I have been running nothing BUT > Nvidia cards under Linux and did not have a single issue with them. > > When I update the nvidia driver, I generally prefer to do the following: > > 1. Shut down X and remove xdm from the default runlevel to prevent it > from re-starting. > 2. Remove the nvidia module currently running from the kernel > 3. Emerge nvidia-drivers package > 4. Launch the new nvidia driver via modprobe > 5. Attempt startx to see if X loads without complaints > 6. Add xdm back to the default runlevel and resume normal operation. Well, I'm not as nuts as I started to think I was. I *did* take your advise and removed xdm from the default runlevel. However, as I stated in one of my previous messages, I downgraded the kernel from 2.6.21-r4 to 2.6.20-r7 and restarted the x server and lo and behold x started just file. I didn't do anything different when I compiled the lower version of the kernel i.e. I made the same choices under drivers. Maybe it was some incompatibility with the 2.6.21-r4 kernel (I'm using genkernel, not vanilla sources)?? Regards, Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
