Again problems I meet when install TNT2 driver given by nvidia

Wong Kwok-hon kwokhon at gmail.com
Tue Nov 16 15:21:18 UTC 2004


On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:26:51 -0600, Kevin Freeman <kfreem02 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 11:54 +0800, Sun Yan-peng-A17749 wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed Fedora 3 in my computer (P3 733, 384M, TNT2 pro 32M GPU).
> >
> > When the nVidia logo comes, I move the mouse in the screen, the mouse
> > moves smoothly. But when it comes to the gnome splash, again I move
> > the mouse, but I can see the mouse track on the screen. If I continue
> > to move, all the screen is displayed with the track of the mouse, and
> > the gnome can NOT be displayed.
> >
> 
> Nvidia's driver 6629 is broken on TNT2 and a few GF4 cards.  You have to
> use a patched version of the 6111 driver.  The list archives should have
> a link to the patched drivers.
> 
> >
> > When I compile the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run, it said there
> > is rivafb module in my computer, does that impact?
> >
> 
> This is just a warning, nothing to do with the problem you are having.
> FC kernels include the rivafb module by default, but the module does not
> get loaded in a default install.  Just ignore the warning.
> 
> Kevin Freeman

I am using the default driver for my nv TNT2 M64 and fine...




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