Using CentOS 4.4 final, fully updated. Im trying to install the Nvidia
drivers for me Geforce 4 card. Download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-
pkg1.run file. From what i have read i have to install without X server
running. I have tried several ways of doing this .. ctrl+alt+f1, then init
3, but then the system freezes after starting anacron (on right side of
screen it says ok, so i'm guessing it means it loaded it ok)curser just
blinks..no cmd prompt or anything. I tried changing the value in
/etc/inittab id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault:
both get me into text mode, put when i try installing the drivers using the
"sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1.run" command (from root), it keeps
telling me X server is running and it can't install.
Am i doing something wrong here?
i could use some help i think
Anyways TIA
hope to hear back soon

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:22:22 -0500, TwistedDreams <pyscho@babble.com> wrote:


>Using CentOS 4.4 final, fully updated. Im trying to install the Nvidia
>drivers for me Geforce 4 card. Download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-
>pkg1.run file. From what i have read i have to install without X server
>running. I have tried several ways of doing this .. ctrl+alt+f1, then init
>3, but then the system freezes after starting anacron (on right side of
>screen it says ok, so i'm guessing it means it loaded it ok)curser just
>blinks..no cmd prompt or anything. I tried changing the value in
>/etc/inittab id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault:
>both get me into text mode, put when i try installing the drivers using the
>"sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1.run" command (from root), it keeps
>telling me X server is running and it can't install.
>Am i doing something wrong here?
>i could use some help i think
>Anyways TIA
>hope to hear back soon

Step 1: make absolutely sure you don't have multiple nvidia.ko scattered
around /lib/modules/`uname -r`

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:22:22 -0500, TwistedDreams <pyscho@babble.com> wrote:


>Using CentOS 4.4 final, fully updated. Im trying to install the Nvidia
>drivers for me Geforce 4 card. Download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-
>pkg1.run file. From what i have read i have to install without X server
>running. I have tried several ways of doing this .. ctrl+alt+f1, then init
>3, but then the system freezes after starting anacron (on right side of
>screen it says ok, so i'm guessing it means it loaded it ok)curser just
>blinks..no cmd prompt or anything. I tried changing the value in
>/etc/inittab id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault:
>both get me into text mode, put when i try installing the drivers using the
>"sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1.run" command (from root), it keeps
>telling me X server is running and it can't install.
>Am i doing something wrong here?
>i could use some help i think

Ooops; I guess I should have read your entire post....

try 'telinit 3'

or edit your /etc/inittab and change the line
'id:5:initdefault:' to 'id:3:initdefault:;
and reboot.


or find the display manager service in /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d and
stop it. ie: '/etc/init.d/xdm stop'

In comp.os.linux.setup TwistedDreams <pyscho@babble.com>:
> Using CentOS 4.4 final, fully updated. Im trying to install the Nvidia
> drivers for me Geforce 4 card. Download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-

[ problems installing nvidia package ]

Is Selinux* enabled (iirc it is per default on your system)? I'd
disable it/reboot, retry the nvidia installation and see if this
works better.

Sure you can configure (see docs) it to allow what you want, but
it certainly adds up more complexity then needed, especially for
users not that save.

Good luck

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TwistedDreams wrote:
> Using CentOS 4.4 final, fully updated. Im trying to install the Nvidia
> drivers for me Geforce 4 card. Download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-
> pkg1.run file. From what i have read i have to install without X server
> running. I have tried several ways of doing this .. ctrl+alt+f1,

ctrl+alt+backspace or right click on the desktop, not an application or Xwindow
on a desktop, and click on logout. That latter method saves the desktop layout
and such from the present session.

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AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com> wrote in
news:slrnegh0j7.k0s.aznomad@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net:

> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:22:22 -0500, TwistedDreams <pyscho@babble.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Using CentOS 4.4 final, fully updated. Im trying to install the Nvidia
>>drivers for me Geforce 4 card. Download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-
>>pkg1.run file. From what i have read i have to install without X
>>server running. I have tried several ways of doing this ..
>>ctrl+alt+f1, then init 3, but then the system freezes after starting
>>anacron (on right side of screen it says ok, so i'm guessing it means
>>it loaded it ok)curser just blinks..no cmd prompt or anything. I tried
>>changing the value in /etc/inittab id:5:initdefault: to
>>id:3:initdefault: both get me into text mode, put when i try
>>installing the drivers using the "sh
>>NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-pkg1.run" command (from root), it keeps
>>telling me X server is running and it can't install. Am i doing
>>something wrong here? i could use some help i think
>
> Ooops; I guess I should have read your entire post....
>
> try 'telinit 3'

Didn't try that
>
> or edit your /etc/inittab and change the line
> 'id:5:initdefault:' to 'id:3:initdefault:;
> and reboot.

hehe looks like you forgot to read that part of the post too, already
done that
>
>
> or find the display manager service in /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d
> and stop it. ie: '/etc/init.d/xdm stop'
>
Whoops i checked init.d for the gdm kde but didn't find them in there, i
didn't check the others, but thanks for pointing that out. for future
reference

i did search for nvidia.ko on the entire system, and didn't find it.

Michael Heimings post was the solution it seemed.
Thanks for your time and input though, it is appreciated alot




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Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de> wrote in news:36dmt3-
9uf.ln1@news.heiming.de:

> In comp.os.linux.setup TwistedDreams <pyscho@babble.com>:
>> Using CentOS 4.4 final, fully updated. Im trying to install the Nvidia
>> drivers for me Geforce 4 card. Download the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8774-
>
> [ problems installing nvidia package ]
>
> Is Selinux* enabled (iirc it is per default on your system)? I'd
> disable it/reboot, retry the nvidia installation and see if this
> works better.
>
> Sure you can configure (see docs) it to allow what you want, but
> it certainly adds up more complexity then needed, especially for
> users not that save.
>
> Good luck
>

Bingo, that got me thru the gate. Now i'm muddling thru getting everything
to have the system compile it for me. I hope
Thanks for the tip


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