> Terry S. wrote: > >All, > > > >Thanks to everyone who responded to my dilema of trying to get the > >NVIDIA_kernel RPM for my LM 8.1 system. I did as everyone suggested and > >downloaded, rebuilt, and instlled the source RPM. Things seemed to go > > well as the packages installed, with only the customary warnings that > > NVIDIA warns you about when installing the packages. I made the > > necessary changes in my /etc/X11/XFconfig-4 (i think that's what it's > > called, i'm not at my linux box) as suggested by NVIDIA's website, and > > then rebooted. Things booted up just fine, but as soon as X started up > > and showed the KDM login screen, the machine completely locked up, > > forcing to press the reset button to get out of it. Anyone have any more > > suggestions on how to remedy this situation? I've looked the the Xserver > > logs, and nothing seems out of the ordinary. It shows that the NVIDIA > > kernel, the NVdriver, and even the glx libraries loading ok (at least it > > doesn't show any errors about loading them). Does anyone have any other > > suggestions to get this to work properly? > > > >Thanks! > > > >Terry
Try getting rid of the graphical login so that you login from console (ie.init3). You can make this change in Mandrake Control Center > Boot > Boot Config > System mode. To start X from console, just type "startx" MIGHT help... skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works
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