help with nvidia driver and XFree

[david walcroft]

François Patte wrote:

> I have found (I hope to have...) the problem: I have update the kernel (now
> running last one for FC1: 2199...) and I saw that there was rpm package for
> nvidia drivers that livna.org recommands to use instead of nividia-installer:
> so I installed this package for the kernel. yum installed
> nvidia-glx-1.0.6106-0.lvn.4.1 and this package is bugged:
> 
> 1- there is a contradiction beetween the /etc/rc.d/init.d/nvidia script and the
> python script which is installed to enable or desable nvidia driver
> 
> 2- When the /etc/rc.d/init.d/nvidia script is in use (and it is enabled by
> default from rpm installation) the X xession crashes at boot time and gdm tries
> to recover using /etc/X11/gdm/XKeepsCrashing script and it is this script which
> calls redhat-config-xfree86....
> 
> redhat-config-xfree86 is not correctly updated: all the nvidia cards are
> supposed to use the "nv" driver.... It is now named nvidia.
> 
> So, as Edward said, there is no monster, there is only old-fashioned config
> softwares...
> 
> ( I did not find again where is the database for video cards that
> redhat-config-xfree86 reads to write XF86Config file...)
> 
> --
> François Patte
> 
Yes I had similar problems with the Livna rpms but since moving upto 2
I use ATrpms version of the nVidia6111 driver and it works very well.

    david