On Saturday 23 November 2002 16:24, Haines Brown wrote: > Richard, > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > > And to the point the biggest mistake people make when installing the > > NVIDIA drivers (which if i may say so are very good) is NOT editing > > /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4) it s simple one line edit, details are to be > > found in the README's of the archives. > > Or to the point; > > > > /etc/X11/XF86Config > > > > Load "glx" > > > > In the modules scetion. > > Well, installing the nVidia driver might make sense, but if I can't > get the plain nv driver to enable user to startx, I suspect improving > the driver will do nothing for me. > > I now have five different versions of XF86Config-4. I found one that > did not try to load the deprecated libraries and also only called the > nv driver. I tried it, but for some reason, it didn't work. Here is > the log, which as far as I can make does not say user had failed to > start X. But in fact, the X server failed to start.
I hope you rename the cpoies to something other than XF86Config-! > XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 3 September 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.7-10custom i686 [ELF] > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Nov 23 10:52:05 2002 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" All that says to me is that the config file used has a bad error in the "first line" as it configured nothing period. > waiting for X server to shut down -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
