[luau] Mandrake 9 & Geforce4 Ti4200

[Eric Hattemer]

Well, I have a nforce with GF2, so I can't 100% guarantee these.  I'm
still waiting for two posts to show up on the list, so who knows if this
one will get through.  But anyeay.  If it says could not load GLX,
that's a common error.  Usually you don't even need to concern yourself
with that.  But try commenting out the 
module glx
line near the beginning of your XF86Config-4 file and see if that
helps.  Otherwise, try installing glx again.  It might also be that the
NVDriver module is not in memory.  Try insmod NVdriver before starting
X.  Also, try starting X with just "X", no service dm start, or startx,
or anything fancy like that.  I had a problem with kde, not with X. 
Also, try rebooting.  I know it sounds like a windowsy kind of thing,
but sometimes it really does help.  

-Eric Hattemer

On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 19:41, Rodney Kanno wrote:
> I tried your (Eric) instructions..and I suppose I got a little farther.
> Instead of getting the "no device found error" I get "could not load NV
> driver" or something like that (can't recall at the moment). Do I need to
> look into the instructions on the NVIDIA website a little more to try and
> get it working. Funny thing is on the mandrake website, they don't list the
> GeForce4 as being "compatible" with MDK9
> 
> Rodney
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Hattemer" <hattenator at imapmail.org>
> To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [luau] Mandrake 9 & Geforce4 Ti4200
> 
> 
> > Really, something must've gone wrong.  I'm using mdk 9rc3, which is 99%
> > the same as mdk9.  I installed the nvidia source rpms using the rpm
> > command, not urpmi.  I then compiled them with little problems (at first
> > I forgot to download kernel-source and was all confused).  Then when I
> > set it up and restarted (I think I posted all the instructions to the
> > list earlier this week), I had some problems, actually.  KDE wouldn't
> > work at all, but gnome worked just fine.  I started up gdm manually and
> > could only run gnome programs.  I did that for a while, fixed my sound
> > driver, turned the computer off for the day, came back the next day, and
> > mysteriously, it worked beautifully and has worked ever since.  Maybe
> > its because I'm working on mostly new hardware, but I am amazed at how
> > quick and responsive mdk9 with kde is.  Maybe I've just been using
> > windows a lot lately, and expecting things to take a long time to
> > start.  But yeah, GF cards should work with nvidia's drivers in mdk9,
> > and if they don't, maybe I or someone else on the list can help you out
> > with that.
> >
> > -Eric Hattemer
> >
> > On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 11:08, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
> > > I don't think the downable nVidia source rpms work with the 2.4.19
> > > kernel, yet.  I installed the GLX and kernel source rpms on a system
> > > with GeForce4 MX420 and they screwed up my Mandrake 9.0 solid--I
> > > probably need to reinstall the whole thing.  Ditto for Red Hat 8.0 Null.
> > >
> > > For the time being, the workaround seems to be selecting the "Integrated
> > > DDR GeForce2" as your video card.  It works OK for Mandrake 9.0.
> >
> >
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