Re: Text mode in init 5! NVIDIA drivers

From: Dances With Crows (danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows_at_usa.net)
Date: 11/25/03 

Date: 25 Nov 2003 03:16:01 GMT

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["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.hardware.] On 24 Nov 2003
18:57:16 -0800, linuxquestion@yahoo.com staggered into the Black Sun and
said:
> I hope that these questions are not too dumb.

We were all newbies once.

> I recently installed RedHat Advanced Server 2.1. When I installed, I
> didn't see my video card, so I just used the default, or generic. I
> got nice graphics during the install, and used the mouse.

During the install, RHAS was using the VESA framebuffer. This always
works, but it's slow and is not recommended if you're going to actually
sit at the machine's console and use X.

> Now, when I boot, the default init level is 5. However, I only ever
> get the text prompt.

Did you configure X properly, using the X configuration tool provided by
Redhat? If this machine is really going to be a server, why does it
need X? If it's going to be a desktop, why did you pay the extra for
RHAS?

> The video card is nvidia gforce fx 5200
[nVidia evil binary-only kernel modules and such]
> Do you think that these would work with my 5200?

Yes, if you read the README and follow the directions. Alternatively,
and perhaps more easily, you can use the Free "nv" X server, which will
work as long as you don't need hardware-accelerated 3D. (Why do you
need hardware-accelerated 3D on a server?) I think Redhat's X
configuration is done via the "setup" command, so log in as root and
enter "setup" on the command line, then navigate the menus until you
find "X configuration", then follow that.

> I emailed nvidia, but their support had close to a 100% failure ratio.
> The only reason it is not 100% failure is that it had automatic
> response bots to tell me to go away and figure it out myself, or
> bother someone else. Thus, I'm asking you guys.

Next time, try something *before* posting to a newsgroup, and report
what you tried, and how it failed.
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html , HTH. 

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