[CentOS] Can't start X with latest CentOS 50. kernel
Dick Roth
raroth7 at comcast.net
Tue May 22 23:19:30 UTC 2007
Mark Hull-Richter wrote:
> On 5/22/07, Dick Roth <raroth7 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Nvidia driver for 6200 LE video card.
>>
>> No problems with CentOS 4.5. When installed (not upgraded) 5.0 X would
>> not start. X works fine with 2.6.18-8.1.3.el5 but only with xorg.conf
>> as written for 4.5
>>
>> Haven't seen traffic regarding this problem. Has anyone else seen this?
>>
>
> I just updated from 8.1.3 (update after installation) to 8.1.4 and my
> nvidia driver broke. I had to rebuild it, and now everything is back
> the way I had it before. I'm guessing something in the 8.1.4 kernel
> changed such that this was necessary.
>
Glad to hear from you, Mark.
I was surprised to hear that you rebuilt the driver. I tried to attach
the packaged (.run) driver I downloaded from Nvidia, but it was too
large to send. Not sure which way to go at this point. Advice would be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Dick
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