Re: RedHat 9.0 NVidia card problems
From: J.O. Aho (user_at_example.net)
Date: 07/31/03
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Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:53:58 +0200
Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
> On 30 Jul 2003, I R A Darth Aggie wrote:
>>+> every time I install a new kernel...I have to re-install the video
>>+> driver I got from NVidia.
>>Yes, because every kernel has its own /lib/modules/<kernel_version>
>>modules. Yes, that's a pain in the posterior.
> Yes, it is. But again, this never happened before Redhat 9. Did they take
> away drivers or something? Which leads me to...
RedHat has never included the official closed source drivers for nVidia cards.
The only nvidia compatible driver that has and still are included is the
nv-driver from Xfree86. With the policy that RedHat has, it will never be
included in the Redhat distro, unless nVidia releases the whole driver as GPL.
>>+> And, if anyone recalls, I couldn't get RedHat to recognize Any
>>+> monitor with that video card in there. Gurus? Any help greatly
>>+> appreciated.
>>
>>Try this, as root:
>>
>>XFree86 --configure
>>
>>IIRC, it'll use the nv driver. Modify the new configuration file to
>>use the nvidia driver, and make sure the default depth is to your
>>liking. Then try it out and see if that helps.
>
>
> Didn't like that, either. Still 640x480.
Edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config by hand, as you have run the "configuration"
tool, you are most likely using a quite generic driver which are used for the
newer nVidia cards by XFree86. Change to 'nv' or 'nvdriver' (requiers the
official nvidia driver is installed). Don't forget that just installing the
official nVidia driver won't change your XFree86 settings and using a
configuration tool to configure the settings WON'T use the 'nvdriver', but one
of the drivers included in XFree86.
>>In my experience, using XFree directly to probe your hardware works
>>better than RH's config tool. I've had a few problems with it not
>>quite being right...
>
>
> This sounds like a more fundamental problem. Should I yell at Nvidia to
> fix their driver, or at RedHat for not including this card? Sounds like
> both need to fix this...
No, you bang your head against the wall for using the configuration tool
instead of editing the file by hand, read the nVidia documentation
http://www.nvidia.com/object/LO_20030328_6790.html
Card is supported by the general driver that is supplied by XFree86, so you
can't yell at RedHat nor XFree86.
//Aho
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