[agalmat]

[iamroot]

What kernel are you using now?

[agalmat]

I have installed 2.3.8.1-12.mdk and I have the same version of the kernel-source.

[Dapper Dan]

I think you're having a monitor problem. What is the make and model of your monitor? Do you have the vertical and horizontal rates for in in a manual? Did you run XFdrake?

Run:

Code:

XFdrake

And press enter. Try different resolutions but see if your monitor is in the list and make sure to choose it. If it isn't, you may have to configure your monitor by hand which isn't that difficult, I can show you how. Try XFdrake first though...

[agalmat]

[Dapper Dan]

I'd try the Nvidia 6111 driver. Stay away from 6629 for now as it has some problems with some installs.

[agalmat]

[agalmat]

I managed to install 6111 writing --kernel-name='2.6.8.1-12mdk', but nothing has changed, allways the same error.

[Dapper Dan]

I ran into the same warning when running Slackware 10, but it had no effect on my 3d acceleration. I'm having Nvidia problems myself. 6629 gives the Nvidia splashscreen with no way to access the DE and 6111 won't compile. It says it can't find the right kernel source even though it is installed and I've pointed it right to it. Can't play Half-Life or Team Fortress...

Which card are you running?

[agalmat]

My card is NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440

[danleff]

I have the exact same video ard in my system and just did an install of the 6629 version in Mandrake 10.1. Let me ask a few questions.

Did you do the install of the drivers after exiting X?

Are the kernel sources installed?

Did you make sure that load "glx' was not commented out in the xorg file?

Did you install the Linux IA32 drivers?

[agalmat]

[agalmat]

[danleff]

Try this. Add nvidia to the /etc/modprobe.preload file, then reboot. Or you can try testing it by changing to root user at the terminal window (since you are not in X) and type in modprobe nvidia (hit the enter key), then type in startx. If you get a message that you are unable to open a screen, then type in login, sign in as normal user and type the startx command.

[agalmat]

[agalmat]

I did a dmesg and I found the next output:

Linux agpgart interface v0.100 © Dave Jones
agpgart: Detected VIA KT266/KY266x/KT333 chipset
agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M
agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
0: nvidia: Can't find an IRQ for your NVIDIA card!
0: nvidia: Please check your BIOS settings.
0: nvidia: [Plug & Play OS ] should be set to NO
0: nvidia: [Assign IRQ to VGA] should be set to YES
0: nvidia: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-5336 Wed Jan 14 18:29:26 PST 2004

Perhaps my card is not detected, how can I change the IRQ configuration?

I checked BIOS settings and were ok

[danleff]

The problem is not in detecting the card, but in assigning an irq for video. So, if both PNP OS is set to no and an irq is set for vga in the bios, you need to look at what hardware is on the system. Can you post what your system specs. are? What motherboard and if all your pci/isa slots are filled.

By any chance is this a Dell or Gateway?

[agalmat]

[linuxn00b]

Hello,

Please dont give up yet! I've been hassled with the exact same problem and i'm really trying to find a way to fix it.

I wont want to step down Mandrake 9.1 since alot of my friends have been harping about 10.1. So please help me find a fix to this problem.