nvidia driver works w/ new kernel and inittab 3, but not 5

[Mike DeHaan]

What does "uname -r" yield in runlevel 3 verses runlevel 5?

-M


----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint" <clint at penguinsolutions.org>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: nvidia driver works w/ new kernel and inittab 3, but not 5


> Clint wrote:
> > I've upgraded to the new kernel. Then I set the run level to 3 to run
> > the nvidia scripts to build a custom-run package (use the alternate
> > instructions found at artoo). Everything appears to install just fine. I
> > make sure load "dri" is commented out of /etc/X11/XF86Config and I
> > double-check that the driver is "nvidia" and not "nv".
> >
> > I type startx at the prompt and the nvidia splash screen comes up, and
> > I'm in gnome working right along using the new driver. So I reset the
> > run level to 5 and reboot. While X starts just fine, I don't see the
> > nvidia splash screen and none of the GL packages work.
> >
> > What's the problem here?
> >
> > The current nvidia driver runs fine with the new kernel, as long as I
> > don't use run level 5.
> >
> > Clint
>
> I've got some additional information that may be helpful. During the
> boot, the following message appears:
>
> nvidia.o module for 2.4.22-1.2179.nptl not found
> Disabling nvidia driver
>
> That certainly explains what's going on, but how do I solve it?
>
> Thanks,
> Clint
>
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> Clint Harshaw  <clint at penguinsolutions.org>
>
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