[PlanetCCRMA] Re: nvidia driver

[jim ruxton]

Thanks,
I'm not sure why I'm so unlucky today. I added :
Load "fb" to my XF86Config file and got rid of some errors. I'm still
getting a couple below. Any thoughts? Could I see your XF86Config File?
Jim
Thanks. Now I am loading fb in XF86Config and I'm left with the
following errors:
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF0000000
(--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xD1000000
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU detected as: GeForce2 Go
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 03.11.01.38.12
Symbol xf86XvMCDestroyAdaptorRec from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!
Symbol xf86XvMCCreateAdaptorRec from module
/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.o is unresolved!

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> Greetings:
> 
>   I'll second Andrew's remarks. I've upgraded Planet C a few times now, 
> I always forget about the nVidia driver until I get the X failure. Then 
> I just connect with nVidia and do their install script thing and 
> everything works again. Jeez, I wish that company would get hip and 
> open-source their drivers...
> 
> Best,
> 
> dp
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Burgess wrote:
> 
> >>jim ruxton <cinetron@passport.ca> wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >  
> >
> >>>Hi I'm trying to update my nvidia driver module but when I did X stopped
> >>>working. Could it be because I have a different gcc than what the planet
> >>>kernel is compiled on? I downloaded and installed this rpm below but no
> >>>luck. I'm using Fedora 1. and gcc 3.3.2
> >>>http://atrpms.net/dist/fc1/nvidia-graphics/kernel-module-nvidia-graphics6106-2.4.26-1.ll.rhfc1.ccrma-1.0_6106-60.rhfc1.at.i586.rpm.html
> >>> Any thoughts ..
> >>>      
> >>>
> >
> >I downloaded the driver from nvidias website, used their install script and
> >it worked fine. More hassle than an rpm but it works :-)
> >
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