Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 188703
nv driver doesn't work on 64bit PC with nVidia 6600LE vga card
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:30 EST
Description of problem: I was trying to install the 32bit version of Fedora Core 5 on my 64bit PC ... The PC components are as follows; MB: MSI k8N neo4 Platinum CPU: AMD Athlon 64bit 3500+ RAM: 1GB (2x 512 MB) VGA: MSI GeForce 6600 LE 256 MB PCI Express HD: Seagate 250 GB SATA DVD-RW: Sony CD-Rom: Asus Monitor: Sony G220R 17" Flat it was nearly impossible to setup FC5 using the graphical interface because the X doesn't open correctly it just views some coprrupted colors and lines ... I've tried all the possible options like "noprobe" and giving lower resolution "1024x768" and "800x600" and so on ... so I went through the text installation "linux text" ... after I'd finished the instllation, I've tried to switch to runlevel 5 but the same thing happened; bad color and lines which doesn't compose any image ... so I tried to install the propriety nvidia driver "it's not a bug for prorietery driver but I mentioned that as an attempt because the free driver didn't work" ... I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.16-1-2080 and then installed the kernel-devel-2.6.16.1-2080 rpm .. then I installed the nvidia proprietery driver ... but oh! it didn't work at all ... not even bad colors .. the X never opens and always gives error messeges about missing xgl submodule, nvidia module and that driver isn't found! I think it's a problem of FC5 as the everything works perfectly on opensuse 10 32bit on the same PC.. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): the default X server which come with FC5 final relaese How reproducible: Try to install FC5 i384 edition on and AMD Athlon 64bit PC with MSI Geforce 6600 LE vga card Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot from the 1st CD or the DVD 2.press enter "the normal setup don't give any options" 3.Wait until X server starts loading Actual results: you will see corrupted colors and lines and that nothing can be clearly seen Expected results: The anaconda should open smoothly on the X server Additional info: Here you can find the nvidia bug report http://linuxeyes.com/nvidia-bug-report.log I'm sorry for my poor English and I'm Arabian
Please report this issue to X.Org developers by filing a bug report in the X.Org bugzilla located at http://bugs.freedesktop.org in the "xorg" component. Once you've filed your bug report to X.Org, if you paste the new bug URL here, Red Hat will continue to track the issue in the centralized X.Org bug tracker, and will review any bug fixes that become available for consideration in future updates. Setting status to "NEEDINFO_REPORTER", awaiting X.Org bug URL for tracking.
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Closing bug due to insufficent information and lack of upstream bug ID for tracking. If this problem exists in the latest updates, feel free to report the issue to X.Org as suggested in comment #1 above, and paste the bug URL here and we will track the issue. Thanks in advance.