does X even start for you ?

On Wednesday 12 December 2001 20:48, you wrote:
> Did the lsmod and it did show up at the top of the list, but it says that
> it's unused. Interesting. Does unused mean though the driver is there and
> loaded it's not actually being used because something has yet to tell it to
> be used. Just guessing; I have no clue! LOL
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> On Tuesday 11 December 2001 20:33, you wrote:
> > you could also run /sbin/lsmod and you should see NVdriver under the
> > list, if so it's loaded
> >
> > On Wednesday 12 December 2001 18:39, you wrote:
> > > Paul:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the tip!
> > >
> > >
> > > This was done with the stock kernel. My wife would kill me if I messed
> > > with her Linux! She never has any problems and it never has to be
> > > shutdown. I was lucky enough to get her to let me do this so she could
> > > play Unreal Tournament.
> > >
> > > I will give this a try and see if it works.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 11 December 2001 09:28 pm, you wrote:
> > > > This happenned to me as well.  Did you by any chance update her
> > > > kernel (the kernel module is compiled for the stock kernel).
> > > >
> > > > What I did was download the source rpm and then (as root):
> > > >
> > > > rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel.src.rpm
> > > > rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_kernel...rpm
> > > >
> > > > then install the NVIDIA_GLX.rpm
> > > >
> > > > -Paul Rodr�guez
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 22:09, Steven Spears wrote:
> > > > > Hello:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to install the new NVidia drivers on my wife's machine
> > > > > and I'm having a bit of a problem. When I install the rpm for 8.1
> > > > > it says this:
> > > > >
> > > > > Preparing...
> > > > > ########################################### [100%] 1:NVIDIA_kernel
> > > > > ########################################### [100%] modprobe: Can't
> > > > > locate module NVdriver
> > > > >
> > > > > NVdriver installed successfully
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using this command: "rpm -ivh NVIDIA*
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help or points to the proper location for help would be greatly
> > > > > appreciated. I've already tried going through the archives to no
> > > > > avail.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Steve
> > > > >
> > > > >
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