[vox-tech] X server help

[Jeff DeFay]

Did you check the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to be sure you have the two 
lines*
Load "dri"*
*Load "GLcore" *
commented out?

Did you have the same patch level (4191) for both the NVIDIA_kernel and 
NVIDIA_GLX  patches?

Regards,
Jeff DeFay
 
Jennifer Stickel wrote:

>Thanks for the help.  I am getting closer now I think.  I got the
>drivers from NVIDIA and installed them as mentioned on the website.  Now
>when I try 'startx' I get the error
>
>Fatal server error:
>Caught signal 11. Server aborting.
>
>When I look in the log file, everything seems to load properly up until
>it says
>(II) [GLX]: Initializing GLX extension.
>
>Then I get the error above and X server stops.
>Any thoughts?
>Jennifer
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff DeFay" <jfdefay@pacbell.net>
>To: <vox-tech@lists.lugod.org>
>Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:48 PM
>Subject: Re: [vox-tech] X server help
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>>I have a RH8.0 machine with a graphics card using a newer NVIDIA chip
>>and also have had
>>problems with X with each kernel upgrade; the secret is that NVIDIA
>>    
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>has
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>>their own drivers.
>>I'm at the 2.4.18-24.8.0 kernel and had to use the
>>NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191.src.rpm  & NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm driver
>>patches from NVIDIA to get things working properly.
>>They have pretty good instructions on their web site.   I've learned
>>that 'rpmbuild --rebuild' with the *.src.rpm files is a better method
>>than using the precompiled rpms.
>>
>>Try the URL:    http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp  and
>>select the 'Linux IA32 Display Drivers ' link.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Jeff DeFay
>>jfdefay@acm.org
>>
>>
>>Jennifer Stickel wrote:
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>>>Hi all,
>>>   I am having technical difficulties with XFree86.  A while back, I
>>>tried to update my video drivers.  It worked for the setup that I had
>>>but not with any of the update that came out (I am using RH 8.0).  So
>>>recently I tried to get my video card to work with the newer kernel
>>>version available.  Now I have lost all ability to use X.  I tried
>>>uninstalling my drivers and it won't rebuild the newest source rpm.
>>>      
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>I
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>>>then tried downloading the newest version of XFree86 binaries.  They
>>>seem to install correctly and the configuration script runs, but
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>doesn't
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>>>make my mouse work properly.  Then when I type startx at the prompt,
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>it
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>>>tries to start X but then I get the error message
>>>
>>>PreInit failed for input device "Mouse1"
>>>No core pointer
>>>
>>>Fatal server error:
>>>Failed to initialize core devices
>>>
>>>Can anyone help me to figure out how to get X back and running on
>>>machine?
>>>
>>>Machine Specs:
>>>Dell Optiplex
>>>512 MB RAM
>>>NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Model 64 video card
>>>
>>>RedHat 8.0 / Windows 2000 Pro dual boot
>>>
>>>Thanks!!
>>>
>>>Jennifer Stickel
>>>
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