> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:10 AM, WILLIAM J LUTTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In particular, following the download, when I toggle my xorg.conf settings > > in /etc/X11 by hand 'nv' to 'nvidia' (re ove 'dri', 'Glcore', add > 'glx' in > > Module section, when I do alt-ctrl-backspace, it goes through a > > reconstruction of the configuration file as it can't fine modules. > > > > probably editing xorg.conf from the command line is a better idea. > kill x or > boot to run level 3 before you do the edit. then startx should bring > up x > with the options you provided. > > as an afterthought you could try looking for packages from other RHEL > derivatives like CentOS. >
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:07 AM, WILLIAM J LUTTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > the atrpms.repo? (I'm on windows now, I think I spelled that right), had > nvidia packages per kernel, so no need to compile nvidia driver from nvidia > web site which requires kernel source code. > > I had to hand edit the changes and that bombed acttually. I think I > discarded xorg.conf, and let the system reconstruct one that worked then > edited to put in the widescreen resolution parameters. On one linux box > running RHEL4.2? I had to link the nvidia glcore library (don't have the > name in front of me) from the nvidia directory to where x would normally > find it. Using nvidia config scripts did not work smoothly, so that's why > I did it the round about way. > > Bill Lutter > yes that is the problem with the binaries from the vendors. it is always preferable to use a package made for your distro. as for the packages from other RHEL derivatives, yes atrpms.net is a good 3rd party repo. You could also look into others like, http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL EPEL would probably be a good place to look. It is a fedora project focused on providing packages for RHEL derivatives. However be careful before you try it out, as most of my little experience is limited to fedora. hope this helps -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.
