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From: Andrew Ritger <ARitger@nvidia.com> | Block Address | Add to Address Book
To: ruben_saenz@yahoo.com
CC: linux-bugs@nvidia.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:51:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: help LM80 and Creative Labs TNT

Greetings, Ruben.

A problem has been discovered recently with the 1251 drivers and some
TNT
cards; it sounds like you're hitting that bug. We'll have this bug
fixed
in the next release; in the meantime, I'd recommend using the 0.9-769
drivers. I believe the ftp site is down, so I've attached the 769 tar
files.

Sorry for the problems,
- Andy Ritger

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 ruben_saenz@yahoo.com wrote:

> hi, will like to submit a problem i have with LM80 and
> CreativeLabs TNT. first my pc:
> PCChips M726, ALi1621 chipset
> 160mb pc100 ram, 14.4gb samsung HD
> intel pentium2-333mhz, creative labs TNT16mb ram
> (2.0.4bios, sideband disabled)
> cdrom, cdRW from memorex1622
>
> i do a fresh install of LM80, (pick the ReiserFs or
> ext2 in various separated chances), pick the xfree
> 4.0.3 tested ok.
> if i use the NV from xfree, is ok. when install the
> TAR, RPM rebuild, or the RPM for LM80, 1s the kernel
> reported ok, and GLX too. when restart login as root
> (inittab 3) when lsmod the NVdriver doesn?t load auto
> but the modules.conf is ok.
>
> ok, made the changes of xf86config-4 aas usual, (glx,
> nvidia) and save it.
> when type startx appear to load, but then the screen
> goes black init the graphics mode, but nothings
> happens. let it be for 5 min and nothing. restart and
> check the xf86config.0.log and contais trash
> character. i can load the NVdriver manualy, issue the
> startx again but the same result.
> what could be?? the kernel 2.4.3 or xfree4.0.3??????
> any help will be hot
>
> i was using the LM72 and nvidia0.x.x drivers with
> excellent results, no problems and i have win98 also
> en my HD working ok.
> i upgrade the BIOS of the TNT for support AGP1.0
>
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Big Dog Joined: 18 Oct 2000 Posts: 4410

Cool! Thanks for the heads up!

Fido@littlewhitedog.com
"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." - Gahndi

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2001 5:53 pm Post subject:

Excellent post...I know there have been quite a few people asking me questions about why the TNT cards didn't work and I could help them...now I can.

Rover
- I don't have a god complex...I just like people to think I do!

Stray Dog Joined: 22 Oct 2000 Posts: 4

Can someone help me? I ahave geforce 2 gts with Mandrake 8, when I load the Nvidia drivers 3d does not work after a reboot. Is there an easy way to fix this??? PLEASE help!!!!

Stray Dog Joined: 18 Jun 2001 Posts: 14 Location: Honduras

YESSSS!! it working..it working !!!
it is not my pc, but anyway i was having problems with an TNT2, the guys at NVIDIA give me the TAR version of the driver 0.7.69-2 (GLX= 3.2MB, kernel=1.4MB) and its working just fine with LM80!!!!!!!!

is someone like to try, i can send these drivers by email, just ask me if need it.
ruben_saenz@yahoo.com
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Can someone help me? I ahave geforce 2 gts with Mandrake 8, when I load the Nvidia drivers 3d does not work after a reboot. Is there an easy way to fix this??? PLEASE help!!!!

Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2001 10:29 am Post subject:

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Can someone help me? I ahave geforce 2 gts with Mandrake 8, when I load the Nvidia drivers 3d does not work after a reboot. Is there an easy way to fix this??? PLEASE help!!!!

You'll have to be more specific than that, some background, info, specs would greatly speed up the helping process:-D

Rover
- I don't have a god complex...I just like people to think I do!

Moderator Joined: 26 May 2001 Posts: 8155 Location: Borneo

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Can someone help me? I ahave geforce 2 gts with Mandrake 8, when I load the Nvidia drivers 3d does not work after a reboot. Is there an easy way to fix this??? PLEASE help!!!!

You are probably not loading some kernel-modules

Stray Dog Joined: 22 Oct 2000 Posts: 4

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You'll have to be more specific than that, some background, info, specs would greatly speed up the helping process:-D

Rover
- I don't have a god complex...I just like people to think I do!
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I have a Geforce2 gts 32 meg from creative labs, sound blaster live, abit kt7a raid motherboard, 512 megs PC133 SDRAM, an Athlon 1000 @1400 MHZ, 3com 905b NIC, running Mandrake 8 with Mandrake Freq, Nvidia 1251 kernel and GLX, to use the 3d (2d works fine) I have to go to run level 3 and from command line do a "make" on the GLX then startx and my 3d WORKS, but if I reboot I lose 3d capability =no games work. BUT if I go to command line and repeat the "make" for GLX I get 3d back. Now, is ther an easy way to fix this? please email me at ap90033@earthlink.net

Stray Dog Joined: 18 Jun 2001 Posts: 14 Location: Honduras

oficialy i can announce that the drivers people of Nvidia send me (TAR version 3.4 and 1.3MB glx,kernel) are working and stable on TNT creativelabs and LM80. I´m very happy for this. i do install also on TNT2 card, other computer with lm80 and is working fine too.
the version of driver are: NVIDIA_kernel_0.9_769.tar.gz
and NVIDIA_GLX_0.9_769.tar.gz
anyone who need to try i cand send over email

Stray Dog Joined: 22 Jul 2001 Posts: 13 Location: USA

Need assistance:

I just followed the procedure on LWD for installing the Nvidia drivers on LM 8.0 - I got no errors during the installation. However, when I type startx from the console prompt, I see several lines scroll by, and I then boot immediately into X. I do not ever see the Nvidia logo (I remember when it came up on my RH box - I'm not seeing it here).

As a newbie, my questions are this:
1) How do I verify that I (*sorry*) installed the proper version of the kernel?
2) How do I capture the text that scrolls by when I issue the startx command?
3) (somewhat unrelated) My display does not center on the monitor - it is wrapped slight across the right edge of the screen. I can run xvidtune and shift it left, and I've gotten the following info from xvidtune:
{snip}
"1024x768" 65.00 1024 1072 1216 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
[end snip]
I'm thinking I can add these to my XF86Config-4 file, but I'm not sure where.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jonathan Shay

Moderator Joined: 26 May 2001 Posts: 8155 Location: Borneo

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Need assistance:

I just followed the procedure on LWD for installing the Nvidia drivers on LM 8.0 - I got no errors during the installation. However, when I type startx from the console prompt, I see several lines scroll by, and I then boot immediately into X. I do not ever see the Nvidia logo (I remember when it came up on my RH box - I'm not seeing it here).

As a newbie, my questions are this:
1) How do I verify that I (*sorry*) installed the proper version of the kernel?

xpdyinfo from a xterm
look for NVidia

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2) How do I capture the text that scrolls by when I issue the startx command?

startx &> bootuplogNVidia
But it will be the same as the /var/log/XFree(something or other).0

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3) (somewhat unrelated) My display does not center on the monitor - it is wrapped slight across the right edge of the screen. I can run xvidtune and shift it left, and I've gotten the following info from xvidtune:
{snip}
"1024x768" 65.00 1024 1072 1216 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
[end snip]
I'm thinking I can add these to my XF86Config-4 file, but I'm not sure where.

put it in google. there are millions of XF86Config-4s on the web. Those will show you where to put it

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jonathan Shay

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