[plug] nvidia driver

[Evert van Dijk]

 From a now archived post I offer this

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=40622
So I just installed Fedora Core 3 plus the nVidia drivers on my Amd64, 
and the result was a system that hang on "Configuring kernel parameters.
Here what I did to fix it:
1) Interrupt Grub from booting, edit the bootparameters with "e"-key, 
and remove the "rhgb"-parameter from the boot parameters. The continue 
booting normally. (This will skip the graphical boot in Fedora.)
2) Fedora complains about not being able to start GDM, ignore it and 
cancel all questions to get to the login prompt.
3) Login as root, enter "init 3" to go to single-user mode. Enter 
"modprobe nvidia" to load the nvidia-module.
4) Finally, enter "cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices/" to fix the 
boot problem.
5) Now just enter "init 5" and you're back in business.

the only change I have that I entered runtime 3 by adding "init 3" 
without the quotes to the second line
that enabled me to skip step 2 and 3

Now I realise that you are now using Fedora Core anything but I have 
assumed from my experience that the problem might just lie in the 
updated Kernel
Also I realise that you are compiling your own kernel and drivers so 
this whole thing might just be way of track.
on the other hand it might give you some insight

Good luck





Jim Householder wrote:

> Hi
>
> Is anyone having any luck with installing nvidia drivers?  I'm getting 
> nowhere.
>
> I just built and installed 2.6.8.  I used
> make mrproper
> make O=xxx mrproper
> make O=xxx oldconfig    (which used the Mdk 10.1 Official .config)
> make O=xxx
> make O=xxx modules_install
> make O=xxx install
>
> It boots and appears to run with no problems.  However when I try to 
> build the nvidia driver it falls over telling me that it's looking at 
> the wrong source files.  There is only one source tree installed.
>
> The directory in /lib/modules is 2.6.8.jeh-1 and the source tree is 
> under /usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-12mdk.
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.  I'm at my witt's end...
>
> TIA
> Jim
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