From: Bob Chiodini <rchiodin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Kernel crash Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:33:56 -0500
On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 13:14 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 18:07 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote:
> >
> > sorry about that. I am new to this mail group and this is the first time I
> > am asking for help. So what I understand from this is following:
> > Even though I can boot my old kernel w/o any problem, after upgrading the
> > kernel to the latest stable version I may have problems if I don't have the
> > latest nvidia drivers. Right?
> >
> >
> No. YOU said that you suspected nvidia. Indeed it is a frequent problem.
> I am simply suggesting that you make a change to xorg.conf that will
> take you all of 30 seconds (nvidia to nv). If the new kernel then boots,
> then we know that the problem is the nvidia driver. If, not then it is
> ruled out. With all due respect, this "test" would take considerably
> less time than what has been consumed by this colloquy.
>
> Just to be clear, xorg.conf is located in /etc/X11. Change this:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
>
> To this:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nv"
> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
>
> Then see if your new kernel is still DOA.
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Thanks, well I looked into xorg.conf and found out that it is already set to "nv". Any other suggestions?
