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by **Jazz Fa** » Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:07:59

Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I know
from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the nvidia
video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
I installed them with

rpm -i NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2960.i386.rpm

and

rpm -i NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

and in XF86Config-4 changed nv to nvidia and commented out Load dri.

but I get errors. ONe says my OS is i686 but there is no 686 GLX file on
the Nvidia site.
Then it says
failed to load module GLcore (module does not exist, 0)
failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module!
aborting
screens found, but none have a usable configuration

fatal server error:
no screens found

So I thought I'd at least try to use the i686 kernel, and downloaded it.
I wanted to remove the i386 kernel, but

rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

got me "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm not installed"

so I did

rpm -q NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

and it said "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm installed"

So rpm doesn't know if it's there or not, I can't remove it, and try the
i686, so I am bigtime stuck.

Anybody know where to point me?

Thanks
Jim

by **Stu** » Sun, 27 Apr 2003 12:40:16

Is there any reason why you aren't using the new install utility that NVidia
has out now? If you haven't seen it, here's a link that explains it and
how to use it:

http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/02/191238&mode=thread

Stu

> Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I know
> from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the nvidia
> video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
> I installed them with

> rpm -i NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2960.i386.rpm

> and

> rpm -i NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> and in XF86Config-4 changed nv to nvidia and commented out Load dri.

> but I get errors. ONe says my OS is i686 but there is no 686 GLX file on
> the Nvidia site.
> Then it says
> failed to load module GLcore (module does not exist, 0)
> failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module!
> aborting
> screens found, but none have a usable configuration

> fatal server error:
> no screens found

> So I thought I'd at least try to use the i686 kernel, and downloaded it.
> I wanted to remove the i386 kernel, but

> rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> got me "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm not installed"

> so I did

> rpm -q NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> and it said "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm installed"

> So rpm doesn't know if it's there or not, I can't remove it, and try the
> i686, so I am bigtime stuck.

> Anybody know where to point me?

> Thanks
> Jim

by **William Hoope** » Sun, 27 Apr 2003 15:17:40

Quote:> rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> got me "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm not installed"

Don't use the architecture or .rpm. Try

rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960

If that doesn't work, try

rpm -qa | grep NVIDIA

and see what NVidia has made RPM think it should be called.

Quote:> so I did

> rpm -q NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> and it said "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm installed"

Funny, doesn't seem to be the case for me:

vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2

package vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm is not installed

Again, don't use the arch and .rpm.

--
William Hooper

It's sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a pack of
wild dogs.

by **Mike Darre** » Sun, 27 Apr 2003 16:20:54

> Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I know
> from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the nvidia
> video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
> I installed them with

<...>

Why RH 7.3? How about Red Hat 8 or Red Hat 9? You'd get more
up-to-date drivers, etc.

Mike

by **Binh Nguye** » Mon, 28 Apr 2003 01:08:31

You really should download the latest Nvidia Unified Driver set. It does
away with all this fiddly business.

Binh.

Quote:> > Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I know
> > from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the nvidia
> > video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
> > I installed them with

> <...>

> Why RH 7.3? How about Red Hat 8 or Red Hat 9? You'd get more
> up-to-date drivers, etc.

> Mike

by **Gene Hesket** » Mon, 28 Apr 2003 01:34:30

Quote:> You really should download the latest Nvidia Unified Driver set. It does
> away with all this fiddly business.

> Binh.

But the VT switching crash is still there. If the kernels own nv driver can
get this right, whats nvidia's problem?

If you use these drivers, you WILL need to have another machine handy so you
can ssh into the one running the nvidia drivers and reboot it, otherwise
you are stuck with the hardware reset button.

>> > Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I
>> > know from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the
>> > nvidia video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
>> > I installed them with

>> <...>

>> Why RH 7.3? How about Red Hat 8 or Red Hat 9? You'd get more
>> up-to-date drivers, etc.

>> Mike

--
Cheers, Gene
A mostly retired old coot

by **Nico Kadel-Garci** » Mon, 28 Apr 2003 03:45:30

> Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I know
> from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the nvidia
> video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
> I installed them with

> rpm -i NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2960.i386.rpm

> and

> rpm -i NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> and in XF86Config-4 changed nv to nvidia and commented out Load dri.

> but I get errors. ONe says my OS is i686 but there is no 686 GLX file on
> the Nvidia site.
> Then it says
> failed to load module GLcore (module does not exist, 0)
> failed to initialize the NVdriver kernel module!
> aborting
> screens found, but none have a usable configuration

> fatal server error:
> no screens found

> So I thought I'd at least try to use the i686 kernel, and downloaded it.
> I wanted to remove the i386 kernel, but

> rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> got me "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm not installed"

> so I did

> rpm -q NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> and it said "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm installed"

> So rpm doesn't know if it's there or not, I can't remove it, and try the
> i686, so I am bigtime stuck.

> Anybody know where to point me?

Recompile the kernel module from the .src.rpm with "rpmbuild --rebuild
NVIDIA_kernel-*.src.rpm".

by **Jazz Fa** » Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:14:47

> > Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I know
> > from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the nvidia
> > video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
> > I installed them with

> <...>

> Why RH 7.3? How about Red Hat 8 or Red Hat 9? You'd get more
> up-to-date drivers, etc.

> Mike

Well, I'm unhappy about what RH has done with KDE, and their general
attitude towards the KDE and Gnome communities. I don't like RH, but
it's the only Linux the department here will buy. 7.3 is the last
version with unclobbered KDE. I do have 9 but don't want to use it.

Thanks
Jim

by **Jazz Fa** » Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:16:06

YIkes, this sounds promising. But I did use links to the nvidia website
and all I saw was all the same drivers that were there the last time.
What is the name of the unified driver (is it Detonator 40?)?

Thanks!
Jim

> You really should download the latest Nvidia Unified Driver set. It does
> away with all this fiddly business.

> Binh.

> > > Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I know
> > > from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the nvidia
> > > video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
> > > I installed them with

> > <...>

> > Why RH 7.3? How about Red Hat 8 or Red Hat 9? You'd get more
> > up-to-date drivers, etc.

> > Mike

by **Jazz Fa** » Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:32:54

Thanks, that solved it. Being able to see what the names of the
packages were after being installed allowed me to remove them.
FYI it was NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-2960 and
NVIDIA_kernal-1.0-2960.rh73up. When I used rpm -e on the
latter it uninstalled fine.

Thanks!!!!!

Jim

> > rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> > got me "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm not installed"

> Don't use the architecture or .rpm. Try

> rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960

> If that doesn't work, try

> rpm -qa | grep NVIDIA

> and see what NVidia has made RPM think it should be called.

> > so I did

> > rpm -q NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm

> > and it said "NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2960.rh73up.i386.rpm installed"

> Funny, doesn't seem to be the case for me:

> vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2

> package vim-common-6.1-18.7x.2.i386.rpm is not installed

> Again, don't use the arch and .rpm.

by **Gene Hesket** » Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:02:04

>> > Hi all, I'm trying to install Red Hat 7.3 on a Dell c840 laptop. I
>> > know from installing on my previous c810 you must get drives for the
>> > nvidia video card. I got them from nvidia's site.
>> > I installed them with

>> <...>

>> Why RH 7.3? How about Red Hat 8 or Red Hat 9? You'd get more
>> up-to-date drivers, etc.

>> Mike

> Well, I'm unhappy about what RH has done with KDE, and their general
> attitude towards the KDE and Gnome communities. I don't like RH, but
> it's the only Linux the department here will buy. 7.3 is the last
> version with unclobbered KDE. I do have 9 but don't want to use it.

One word. "konstruct" Do a freshmeat search.

Quote:> Thanks
> Jim

--
Cheers, Gene
A mostly retired old coot

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