Re: EVGA GTX 295 not working

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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
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