Hi Rob,
I have a 32 Mb DDR NVIDIA GeForce GTS video card installed in my Dell
workstation. I downloaded and installed drivers from NVIDIA's website and I
have to say I was extremely pleased with how very well it went. As per the
NVIDIA instructions in the manual I changed 3 lines of code in my RH 7.2
stock installed /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and then booted right into X with
command: startx. The changes were:
1. Remove line with "Load GLcore"
2. Remove line with "Load dri"
3. In driver section change "nv" to "nvidia"
Later I figured out how to add all the display modes to
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 by cut and paste from NVIDIA's sample XF86Config-4
file that gets installed in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0.
Here is my complete /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file:
# XFree86 4.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# By default, Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use xfs
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
# Module loading section
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-buffering
# Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support
# Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure
Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface
Load "extmod" # Misc. required extensions
Load "v4l" # Video4Linux
# Load "pex5" # PHIGS for X 3D environment (obsolete)
# Load "record" # X event recorder
# Load "xie" # X Image Extension (obsolete)
# You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.
# Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler
# Load "type1" # Adobe Type 1 font handler
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor, 1600x1200 @ 70 Hz"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5-88.0
VertRefresh 50-90
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Corporation|NV15 (Geforce2 GTS)"
Driver "nvidia"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer"
Driver "fbdev"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nVidia Corporation|NV15 (Geforce2 GTS)"
Monitor "Generic Monitor, 1600x1200 @ 70 Hz"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
HTH,
Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Yale
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:39 PM
> To: 'redhat list'
> Subject: Setting up XF86CONFIG for nVidia GEForce 4 Ti 4600
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get my Dell Dimension 8200 running with its GeForce 4 ti
> 4600 card. Does anyone have a XF86CONFIG file that works with this
> card? I've tried to follow the directions on the nVidia README, and
> I've edited the file as it was suggested, but I'm getting a
> fatal error
> when I execute 'startx'. I've installed NVIDIA_kernel.i386.rpm and
> NVIDIA_GLX.i386.rpm as well.
>
> Here is the error I get (from the log file):
>
> XFree86 Version 4.1.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.1.0-3) / X
> Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
> Release Date: 2 June 2001
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
> reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.7-0.13.1smp i686 [ELF]
> Build Host: stripples.devel.redhat.com
>
> Module Loader present
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri Apr 19
> 01:14:39 2002
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
> Parse error on line 58 of section Device in file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> "BUS" is not a valid keyword in this section.
> (EE) Problem parsing the config file
> (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Rob Yale
>
>
>
>
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