[NTLUG:Discuss] "nvidia" vs "nv"drivers

[David Ross]

On Monday 20 December 2004 10:27 pm, Terry Henderson wrote:
> In an attempt to install nvidia driver from
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run I seem to have damaged my RH9
> desktop system and am not sure what to do about it.
>
> During the installation process, I was informed that there would be a
> conflict with rivafb
> filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.20-24.9/kernel/drivers/video/riva/rivafb.o
> description: "Framebuffer driver for nVidia Riva 128, TNT, TNT2"
> The process continues in spite of the warning.
> After allowing the script to complete it's tasks, I switch from "nv"
> to "nvidia" driver, and the desktop loads but background is white and
> operation erratic and unusable.
>
Would you mind posting the "module" and "device" section form XF86config-4 
file and any EE lines from  /var/log/XFree86.0.log

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David Ross
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