Nvidia Driver Problem in MDK 10.1

[djdrastic]

Hi Guys I seem to have a bit of a problem , I've reloaded my main box with MDK 10.1 [used to have FC1] , and have been mightily impressed .

Anyways , back to the problem : I have some trouble getting kdm working from startup using the "nvidia" driver from the net . When I bootup with that driver in my xorg.conf , I always get redirected to the console . I've made the neccesary , changes that you have to make with this driver as well in xorg [In fact if I do a Xorg -configure , it configures it exactly like my xorg.conf

However if I login through the console and start kdm/xdm/startx I am able to get a working X Display ??

I'll post my configs and logs if anyone want to have a look at it

Thanks

 

[AnonymouseUser]

modprobe nvidia
startx

If that works, you need to append /etc/modprobe.conf with the line alias char-major-195* nvidia and/or /etc/modprobe.preload with nvidia.

 

[drag]

Ya that seems like it. The Nvidia module isn't being loaded at boot time. When you start X manually or restart the gui login stuff it must trigger your kernel to load the module.

 

[djdrastic]

Thanks guys worked like a Charm

You Guys Rock !

ps , how did you guys figure out the problem ? I couldnt find anything on the net

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: djdrastic
ps , how did you guys figure out the problem ? I couldnt find anything on the net

I had the same problem initially, and though it isn't new that the nvidia driver doesn't get loaded properly, having to edit those files is (for Mandrake 10.1). I originally found the info on the official nvidia Linux forums.