On 04/30/2010 06:17 AM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > On Friday 30 April 2010 05:49 AM, badmagic wrote: > >> On 27/04/2010 2:00 AM, Michael Miles wrote: >> >>> On 04/26/2010 07:27 AM, suvayu ali wrote: >>> >>>> On 26 April 2010 06:46, badmagic<badmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi all (figured out the problem), >>>>> >>>>> I've had trouble installing Fedora for the last few releases. I don't >>>>> have it installed at the moment so I can't offer much help BUT as I'm >>>>> certain my prob relates to my EVGA GTX 295 Co-Op Edition graphics card >>>>> and these are quite common cards, I'm sure the fix is quite widely >>>>> known. >>>>> >>>>> Everything installs/boots okay until I get to the bit where I need to >>>>> log in. I get the GDM graphical login screen but the mouse and keyboard >>>>> seem to stop working. If I change to terminal view (Ctrl Alt F2 for >>>>> memory) I can still type DMESG shows problems with the graphics card - >>>>> can't remember specifics. >>>>> >>>>> I tried changing the xorg.conf to settings I know worked under other >>>>> distros/BSD/Solaris (using xorg) to no avail. >>>>> >>>>> Is this a known problem? Is there a fix? Is there some GRUB switch I >>>>> can >>>>> throw in there that'll work - I tried some to no avail. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I am not sure but your card is probably not supported by the open >>>> source nouveau drivers. Have you tried using the proprietary drivers >>>> packaged by rpmfusion [http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia]? If not you >>>> could give that a shot. I would go about it like this, >>>> >>>> 1. Boot to runlevel 3 >>>> 2. use yum to install rpmfusion free and non-free repo >>>> 3. now use yum to install the nvidia proprietary drivers >>>> 4. reboot >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> My specs are as follows: >>>>> >>>>> ASUS P5Q Deluxe motherboard >>>>> 4GB Kingston (compatible with mobo) RAM >>>>> EVGA GTX 295 co-op edition graphics card >>>>> Corsair HX 1000W (more than enough) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Nice rig ;) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> That's about all >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> GL >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Steve Laurie >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> You must also blacklist nouveau in the grub config >>> >>> >>> There is a complete write up in the above RPMFUSION HOWTO >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Hi all, >> >> Still no success on the graphics. I get the graphical screen come up >> with the word >> Fedora and 1 dot under the F (are the number of dots some kind of >> indication of >> progress? Not sure but I thoough it might be a clue). >> >> at this point, the mouse still works and the keyboard still has power >> but it's as though the >> keyboard doesn't work. Not even the caps lock, number lock etc. lights >> change >> when I press the associated buttons. Needless to say Ctrl-Alt-F2 doesn't >> work. >> >> I am still trying to do what has already been suggested but in the mean >> time, if someone >> could take a look at my dmesg (attached), I'd appreciate it. >> >> > I see that you are booting from the KDE LiveCD. So when you boot, it > uses the nouveau driver. But wasn't that the problem in the first place? > > You can try a text install and then boot to runlevel 3 and edit > grub.conf to include the blacklist nouveau option and install the > rpmfusion repo and the proprietary NVidia drivers? > > A few things of note here, > 1. If you need custom partitioning, you will have to boot with a LiveCD > (with a supported graphics driver, so maybe an older version or use the > mesa driver or maybe any text based livecd) and partition according to > your needs) > 2. Once you have everything up and running don't forget to make sure > firstboot is run (if it doesn't run by itself) > 3. I am assuming the LiveCD can install in text mode (my memory is hazy > about this) > > >> Also, while I was in runlevel 3, I created an xorg.conf.new file and >> have also attached that. >> Perhaps it can give some clues as to what's going on. >> >> Thanks, >> Steve Laurie >> >> > GL > > Is your motherboard bios the latest? If not then would be a good idea to flash with latest -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
