I am not using much old AMD processor, it's an athlon xp 1900+ I was just going through the doc Anduin mentioned, I just wanted to know, if it was necessary to have kernel source on the system to have the drivers installed? I dont have the kernel source installed on my system, could it be because of that? On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:43:24 +0000, D. D. Brierton <darren@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-03-20 at 12:31 -0500, Anduin Withers wrote: > > > Hi, I installed nvidia driver 7167 downloaded from nvidia's site, and > > > installed it as per instructions on fedorafaq.org > > > > > > I can load the nvidia module, but X freezes whenever I try to start it. > > > > Two things you might try: disable RenderAccel (if you enabled it, I had it > > enabled on a machine and it worked prior to 7167, with 7167 it locked), you > > might also try playing with the NvAGP setting (try 0). (info on these is in > > /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README). > > > > There are also two patches to 7167, here: > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=47405 > > > > I've seen one report where RenderAccel worked post-patch (I haven't run > > these patches with RenderAccel myself as 7167 seems more "crashy" just in > > general for me so I've stepped back to 6629). > > > > Also rpm.livna.org has 7167 as an RPM in testing currently (just an > > alternative install mechanism). > > It's not just an alternative mechanism. I believe the RPMs include the > patches you mention. > > The only other issue I've come across is a rare and to my knowledge > unresolved problem with the Linux NVIDIA drivers and some older AMD > processors. It may not be the processors themselves but the chipset on > the motherboard. I've seen this with a friends old machine (I'm afraid I > can't remember what the processor or the chipset were now). The linux > drivers would install fine, but the minute X was started the whole > machine would completely lock, and would have to be reset. After a lot > of googling I found reports (only a very few) of others with exactly the > same problem. I never found a solution. > > Best, Darren > > -- > ===================================================================== > D. D. Brierton darren@xxxxxxxxxxx www.dzr-web.com > Trying is the first step towards failure (Homer Simpson) > ===================================================================== > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
