"Owen Townend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hugh wrote: > > The init file /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx-legacy was causing the X crashes, > > by fiddling with needed links and file locations in the libraries. I > > fixed this by the following:
Owen wrote: > Are you using the legacy > drivers or are they simply being installed alongside and causing issues? > > The nvidia-glx-legacy isn't for the Geforce4 line: [ snip ] > This is the 'legacy' driver for older chipsets. Unless your chipset is > explicitly listed in the above paragraph, please use the nvidia-glx driver, > which is much more up to date. Thanks Owen. Since posting, I've done some more work. nvidia-glx-legacy has been purged; now I have nvidia-glx. Nevertheless, /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx causes the same problem, when used along with the nvidia proprietary installer. I do not understand this technically, only empirically from trial-and-error. Somehow, the /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx init script fiddles around with library files and links, that are needed by the "nvidia" module, as it is installed by: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.01-pkg1.run Hence, /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx on the next boot changes things in a way that won't let X start. To fix this, I did once more: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.01-pkg1.run and then: cd /etc/init.d/ sudo mv nvidia-glx XXnvidia-glx That paralyzes the /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx script and prevents it from messing up the links and files needed by the "nvidia" module as installed by NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.01-pkg1.run. I don't understand what the /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx script is supposed to accomplished, and how I can get along without it. -- Hugh Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
