X wont start W Gforcee 2 MX.

[Quaggoth]

Just installed redhat 7.0 with 98SE. I have installed a few times before, but I had a PCI TNT2 M64.

The last error I get after I "startx", is "(EE) Ne Screens Found"

I have run through Xconfigurator, and have configured my monitor (Screen?) as "A monitor that can do 1280x1024@60Hz"

I have tried setting the vid card to number 462 in the list (I think it said "Gforce 2 generic" or something)

I just installed this last night on a friends PC and all went well, but he has an AGP TNT2 (V770 I think it was), The probe found that just fine.

Anyway, if you need more info, ask and ye shall receive.

 

[Quaggoth]

OK, I "edited" the XF86Config gile with vi, and noticed that the drivers were not set to nv (Which I beleive is the precomplied nvidia driver), so I set them to nv, no luck. I also noticed that there is an XF86Config on /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11. Which one is it using? My guess is the one in /usr (The one in /etc look to be the one that was written by Xconfigurator thoguh). Anyway, I was wrong about the "EE" error, that was about the driver not finding the card. The "Fatal Server Error" is the last one, and it says "no screens found". Thanks in ADV.

 

[Quaggoth]

TTT

 

[Quaggoth]

I went over to linuxnewbie.org, and they don't seem to have anything (Or I am blind). How do I recompile the kernel from the command line (Or from the gui for that matter) to include the new NV drivers I just downloaded. If you could even just tell me the commands that are used in a random order, I am pretty sure I could then do some research on each command and find out how to use them Anyway, thx.

 

[Damaged]

No! Bad Quaggoth! You don't need to recompile the kernel to get those drivers. Honestly. X is the windowed GUI, Linux is the kernel. Two completely separate thangs here.

As root try running xf86cfg --text to configure the XF86Config file. It should write one into your home directory or whatever directory you are working in at the time. Then you can just copy (cp) that file into /etc/X11/. It's either gonna be named XF86Config of XF86Config-4. One of the two. I'm not sure with RH 7 as I've never used it.

It would help if you knew the exact horizontal and vertical frequency ranges for the monitor. Should either be in the manual or available from the manufacturer's website.

Finally the error you're getting is NOT from the driver not working, it is from a misconfigured XF86Config file, specifically you don't have screen0 defined.

You should have something LIKE this:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

 

[MGMorden]

Actually the official nvidia drivers do have to be linked into the kernel to work right. It's the way the DRI works (basically what's needed for 3d support, and hence why you're seeing setting for Radeon and Banshee and such show up in newer kernels). But as to helping you out all I can say is the /etc/X11 is almost surely your config file (/etc/ generally holds config info, /usr/ holds programs and such). I've never actually installed the nvidia drivers myself (when I used my TnT2 I didn't really need 3d support so I used default drivers).

 

[Quaggoth]

Thank you both very much. I will check the screen thing in the XF86Config file. When I get X running, I think the nvidia drivers I have are an RPM, so theoreticaly , they should be magic and they will install themselves I suppose that is a lot like plug and pray though

 

[Quaggoth]

OK, I noticed that just above the Fatal server error : No screens found, it has that EE error that says it can't find an adapter. I think that ee error is the problem??? It seems to be a report from the "nv" driver. That drivers seems to list a gforce 2 , but not a "2 MX". I looked at the screens section in the XF86Config file and this is it -

Section "screen"
Driver "nv"
Device "nVidia Corporation|NV11"
Monitor "My Monitor"
Default Color Depth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes 1280x1024
View port 0 0
End Subsection
End Section

BTW, the header to this section says
# The accelerated Servers (S3,I128,...
# ..., and S3V)

There are I think three of these "Screens" sections. The others seem to list default stuff, and I am guessing they are used for different runlevels?

Also....


it is OK to delete all those "modeline" lines right? I deleted all except for 1024x768@60hz, and 1280x1024@60hz. I suppose if that was dumb, I can run Xconfigurator again and it will put that stuff back in?

 

[perry]

I couldn't get my MX to work for 7.0 no matter what I tried. I ended up downloading RedHat 7.0.90 which comes with XFree86 4.0.2 which includes (better) support for the MX. I had tried upgrading from XFree86 4.0.1 by hand but gave up after I got a few errors and didn't feel like messing around any more. I haven't checked now, but as of the beginning of the month there weren't RPMs for XFree86 4.0.2.

Try upgrading to XFree86 4.0.2 which has support for the MX, or just get the 7.0.90 Fisher ISOs and install that. If there's nothing important on your partition, go with the later.

 

[Damaged]

Don't need no stinkin' DRI. Sheesh!

 

[MGMorden]

I need DRI!!!??!?!? I bought my 3d-accelerator to 3d-accelerate man. That means Windows AND Linux. I used to have my VooDoo2 working w/ Quake 3 quite nicely when I was running Xfree86 3.x, but now with the Radeon I'm just waiting for Xfree86 4.0.3 (I don't want to go through the hassle of grabbing the CVS snapshots).

 

[Damaged]

And I apologize for not being more specific here. You only need DRI if you want 3D acceleration. I do not need that so I don't use it.

Sorry.

 

[Quaggoth]

Dammit, I just downloaded the 7.0 ISO and burned it about a month or so ago, Now I have to get the newest ISO?

???Fisher ISO's???

What are those? Is that another distro? If so, I would like to stick with redhat because of the RPM functionality. I suppose I'll just D/L the 7.0.9 Redhat ISO then. You say that will pick it though? I don't mind learning all this stuff, I would just like to start with X running. Makes research a little easier IMO (And webpages look a tad better too).

BTW, I will need DRI.

 

[MGMorden]

Well the thing is though, is that to use DRI you have to have Nvidia's drivers, which AFAIK don't come w/ any distro currently out. And I'm not sure about this, but I don't think Geforce 2 drivers were included in Xfree86 4.0.2 so if you have one of those and want to run the latest you have to run Nvidia's drivers.

 

[jsbush]

This might help you.

 

[Quaggoth]

Thank you, That looks VERY promising. I will attempt this when I get home (About 15 minutes), and I will update then.

BTW, I will also need to get DRI running, but I will attempt on my own first. I will update after attempt number one

 

[Quaggoth]

Well, evidently it was promising enough. I can now run X. Those directions were perfect (I don't have a printer though, so I had to write a lot of it down ). Thank you everyone, I will now attempt to load the windows driver for my Intel Pro/DSL adapter (Would Wine do this?)(Is this even possible?), there is no Linux driver. I suppose I could go get an external router though. Any recomendations?

 

[MGMorden]

Loading a windows driver w/ WINE ain't possible. Your best bet would be to pick up a new ethernet card ($10-15 for a Realtek 8139, which isn't bad).

 

[Quaggoth]

Thanks, I have a few eth cards though. This one is a DSL modem. I think I have 2 Digital 10/100 cards (Intel 21140 based), and maybe one more. I suppose I will have to buy a router. Any sugestions on a good router? I don't mind configuration either, I have configured a few coorporate Cisco's, and If I can do that, I am sure I can configure ANY home router