Re: [SLE] nvidia handholding

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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 06:29:14 -0800

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On Wed December 22 2004 21:52, Richard wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > directory as XF86Config.old. Close XF86Config.old and reopen XF86Config.
> > Look for the section that starts "Section 'Module'", and make sure that
> > it looks like this;
> >
> > Section "Module"
> > Load "glx"
> > Load "dbe"
> > Load "extmod"
> > Load "freetype"
> > Load "v4l"
> > Load "type1"
> > Load "speedo"
> > EndSection

>
> Thank you. I think that has worked. Growing up as a disobedient child (so
> my mother says), after running the nvidia program (mine for 86_64) I went
> to a terminal (??, ctrl-alt-F2), init 3, and ran sax2. When I had looked
> at the XF86config file first I saw Device section for the Vesa framebuffer
> device that was originally installed by Sax and decided that I could not
> have both in there and I was not willing to just charge into deleting that
> section and fixing references to screen 0 or 1, and so on. Too late I now
> notice that the nvidia site rec'd that be run as, "sax2 -m 0=nvidia".
> After running sax2 i then went to look at the XF86config file and found the
> framebuffer device gone and the sections you listed much as you described.
> The line for BusID was absent and while I noticed it I didn't fix it.
> Well, it seems to have fixed me. Return to init 5 and proceed and screen
> went blank, well, with some garbage, large line segments, a mess. Unable
> to go to another terminal I re-booted...to a blank screen tho I think I saw
> a fleeting nvidia logo, nothing else. Re-booted to runlevel 3, edited
> XF86Config to include the BusID line, change to init 5...and life seems to
> be good. Saw logo long enough to actually read it, went into X and appears
> good. While I seem not to have totally "learned my lesson" as my mother
> always said I would...I do have a couple of other questions:
> 1- I did not add the reference to "speedo" in the Module section. Is this
> important, what does it do?

Speedo is a font and this tells X to use it as an optional font, as is type1
and freetype. Your should really have a look at the XF86/Xorg site and
browse they help files - though some is a bit hypertechnical, you'll
definitively find much useful info on the workings of X and configs therein.

> 2- My Device section contains the option "rotate" "off". Any idea what
> that is? My monitor can be rotated, isn't, but wouldn't that be in the
> monitor section?

The Rotate function is more for LCD style displays the can be adjusted so
instead of looking a 1024x768 monitor your rotate the physical monitor 90
degrees and then use the rotate function to make the screen imaging rotate
the same 90 degrees (also good for notepad style displays on newer laptop,
etc.). If your using a normal display then forget about it - you likely
wont' ever use it.

> 3- I did not add to the Device section the option "NvAGP" "0". Should I?
> Again, what does it do, or not do?

Ah, this is where the real learning comes in. The wonderful thing about Linux
and X (unlike Windblows) is that if you have a problem with X (init 5 gui
level) you key into the console/terminal (ctrl-F! through F6, that's 6
console access points) and then issue command init 3, or
telinit 3. Then as I do, command:

pico /etc/X11/XF86Config.

Make the changes back to a working config (or try a variation or other
commands/options) then ctrl-o, crtl-x to write out the file and leave the
pico editor, and then issue init 5 (or telinit 5) and see if it works. I
also have a back up of the original "stable-working" X config (e.g.
XF86Config-bkup). So if I really kludge my config to the point where it
giving me fits then a just command

cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-bkup /etc/X11/XF86Config.

The X config is overwritten back to the original file and a restart X (e.g by
using either "startx" [which as root will start the root gui vs logged in as
user; or using init 5) and bada boom bada bing you should be back in gui
land.
>
> Thanks for your kind attention and detailed handholding. After several
> years of using linux I still feel I know just enough to be dangerous, but
> not quite enough to be effective. Richard

Attention to detail and end users is a hallmark of this list - no big deal,
glad you got some answers.

Cheers, Curtis.

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