davidmentis (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} davidmentis) wrote,@ 2005-06-29 00:45:00 |
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FC4 and nVidia drivers 7664
*argh* that wasn't the least bit lame. Symptoms are the X server segfault'ing after installing the nVidia drivers. The summary link is here. It basically says to do two things:
All in all, it seems to be something broken after 7174 in FC4. To avoid this lameness, you could just downgrade.
*argh* that wasn't the least bit lame. Symptoms are the X server segfault'ing after installing the nVidia drivers. The summary link is here. It basically says to do two things:
- Disable SELinux while installing the nvidia driver:
# /usr/sbin/setenforce 0 # /path/to/NVIDIA-Linux-$ARCH-$VERSION-pkg1.run # /usr/sbin/setenforce 1
- Patch /etc/X11/prefdm:
--- prefdm~ 2005-06-14 13:04:09.000000000 -0600 +++ prefdm 2005-06-14 13:04:09.000000000 -0600 @@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ fi fi +# Added because nVidia driver fails. glibc problem +export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 + # Fallbacks, in order gdm "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -ne 127 ]; then
All in all, it seems to be something broken after 7174 in FC4. To avoid this lameness, you could just downgrade.
