exit x in fc3

[MisterESauce]

hehe, good call... it gives this error:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initiate the NVIDIA kernel module
(EE) NVIDIA(0): ***ABORTING***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration

Fatal server error:
no screens found

 

[Nothinman]

Most likely the nvidia kernel module isn't loaded. Try 'modprobe nvidia' and then try starting X again.

 

[MisterESauce]

bash: modprobe: command not found...

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: MisterESauce
bash: modprobe: command not found...

Did you enter it as root?

 

[MisterESauce]

i tried it both as root and as my default user...

 

[Nothinman]

You need to be come root with 'su -' instead of just 'su'. modprobe is in /sbin which isn't normally in regular user's PATH.

 

[MisterESauce]

oh, sweet, thanks! so 'su -' will reset my path to 'root' as well whereas 'su' will not? good to know...

 

[Nothinman]

The added dash tells su to make the shell a 'login' shell which resets the environment to match the user you're switching to. It works for any account, if you type 'su - user' as root it'll switch you to 'user' with their environment.

 

[MisterESauce]

oh, okay cool, good to know... well i finally got the nvidia driver working so thanks to everybody for your help!