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From: Jérôme Hénin (jerome.henin_at_uhp-nancy.fr)
Date: Mon Dec 06 2004 - 15:49:35 CST

Sylvain,

Another possible cause for your problem is a kernel module that fails to load.
Have you tried to add a line reading "nvidia" to /etc/modprobe.preload, then
reboot into graphical mode?

Jérôme

Le lundi 06 Décembre 2004 18:14, John Stone a écrit :
> Hi,
> The problem you describe sounds like an out-of-date XFree86
> configuration file. If you read the NVidia driver installation
> instructions carefully, they detail a couple of steps where you must
> modify the XFree86 configuration file to remove some lines that are
> place there by default, replacing them with lines for the NVidia driver.
> If you forgot to do this, it would cause the problems you describe.
> Double-check the NVidia installation instructions for the specifics.
>
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 06:02:14PM +0100, Sylvain EDALEINE wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to configure a PC with vmd.
> > I have a NVIDIA QUADRO FX 1100 graphic card and i've installed the
> > nvidia driver and activated the stereo.
> > My problem is :
> >
> > When i start the PC in text mode (id=3 in inittab file) and i write the
> > command startx(to start the graphic mode) , the driver start normaly and
> > vmd run normaly.
> >
> > But when I start the PC in graphic mode (id=5 in inittab file) the
> > nvidia driver seems not start (i don't see the nvidia logo) and so vmd
> > can't start. When I start vmd i have this message "the X server does not
> > support the Open GL extension" and a few second later the program close.
> >
> > Can you help me please
> > --
> >
> > Cordialement,
> >
> > Sylvain EDALEINE
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Immeuble le Stephenson
> > Les domaines de la gare
> > 07100 ANNONAY
> >
> > Tel: 04 75 69 00 40
> > Fax: 04 75 69 00 48 

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