On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:43:08 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend <mathewnowend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I am running a Dell Inspiron 8600 with a Ge Force 5200 64meg video card. I > downloaded the latest driver from Nvidia's website > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run. I followed the instructions in their > read.me exactly and had no problems with the installation. During the > installation it did ask if I wanted NVIDIA to install a new kernel and I did > select yes. Here is where the problem is I was configuring xorg.conf as > follows: > > > > > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > > ModelName "LCD Panel 1920x1200" > > HorizSync 31.5-110 > > VertRefresh 28-90 > > Modeline "1920x1200" 193.16 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1204 > 1242 -HSync +Vsync > > > > # Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200 1201 1204 1250 > +hsync +vsync > > Option "dpms" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Videocard0" > > Driver "nvidia" > > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > > BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" > > Option "NoLogo" "yes" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Screen" > > Identifier "Screen0" > > Device "Videocard0" > > Monitor "Monitor0" > > DefaultDepth 24 > > SubSection "Display" > > Viewport 0 0 > > Depth 24 > > #Modes "1920x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > Modes "1920x1200""1680x1050" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > EndSubSection > > EndSection > > > > Section "DRI" > > Group 0 > > Mode 0666 > > EndSection > > > > > > > > > > I changed my inittab back to 5. I shutdown âr now and the system rebooted. > It rebooted normally it checked audio storage network hardware ok then it > said "configuring kernel parameters" and freezes. The only thing I can do > at that point is power down the machine. > > Any help would greatly be appreciated. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mathew > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > I had this problem on a differnet nvidia card... all I had to do is remove the rhgb from the kernel params and it fixed it. I saw the post about it a while back. Thanks again to whoever posted the solution. -Matt
