[ale] X wants nvidia libraries

[James P. Kinney III]

Hi Bob,

If you edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and remove the "nvidia" and
replace it with "nv" you can regain X again. It won't be the
hardware-accelerated 3D OpenGL graphics but it will work (usually unless
the card is _really_ old).

There is a kernel module the is required to fully use the NVidia
hardware. It's a PIA to keep it in sync but the hardware is great.

You can download the kernel module code from NVidia website and as long
as each running kernel has a build tree (install kernel-devel if using
stock release kernels) you can build a new kmod before you reboot. The
docs are good on the nvidia stuff.

I don't know if Mandriva has a repo like redhat/fedora/centos does in
livna. livna has kmod packages for many non-standard kernel modules
built to the released kernels from redhat/fedora/centos.
On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 17:49 -0500, Bob Toxen wrote:
> I am no longer to run X after upgrading my Mandriva system to Mandreva 2008.i (i586).
> 
> During the upgrade process, the Installation process noted my Nvidia graphics chip and asked
> me if I wanted Nvidia-specific drivers.  I said yes in my innocent belief that the Installation
> process knew what to do with the answer.
> 
> Now, when I invoke startx it complains with:
> 
> 	dlopen: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so:
> 	  cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 	(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so
> 	(EE) Failed to load module
> 	  "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so" (loader
> 	  failed, 7)
> 
> The full output from X is at the end of the email.
> I'm a server guy, not a GUI guy.  HELP!
> 
> THANKS Very, VERY much,
> Bob Toxen
> bob at verysecurelinux.com               [Please use for email to me]
> 
> 
> Full X output when invoking startx:
> 
> X Window System Version 1.3.0
> Release Date: 19 April 2007
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
> Build Operating System: Linux_2.6.12-12mdksmp Mandriva
> Current Operating System: Linux verysecurelinux.com 2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv
>   #1 SMP Thu Sep 27 04:07:04 CEST 2007 i686
> Build Date: 01 October 2007
> 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
> 	to make sure that you have the latest version.
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> 	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> 	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jan 10 17:43:00 2008
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> Using vt 7
> dlopen: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so: cannot open
>   shared object file: No such file or directory
> (EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so
> (EE) Failed to load module
>   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so" (loader failed, 7)
> (EE) No devices detected.
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