Nvidia Driver Problem on RedHat 2.1

[David Spencer_1]

I installed RedHat 2.1 version3 and still am having the X Server fail to start. Is there support for my Nvidia Quadro 4 graphics in this version? If not, what can I do to get the correct drivers installed and configured. My Linux kernel is 2.4.9-e.34 running on a xw4100 system. Sure would appreciate any experienced Linux assistance.

[Francisco J. Soler]

Hi David,
have you search for in nvidia home page?

See: http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Frank.

[David Spencer_1]

Frank,
I did look at the nvidia drivers and I'm not certain which one I would require. There are 2 drivers, version 1.0-5328 and version 1.0-5336. Are either of these drivers the correct ones?
Dave

[Francisco J. Soler]

David,
In the hp web page there are drivers for nvidia up to RedHat 9.0. You can ask hp if this driver is good for your RedHat 2.1.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?pnameOID=241319&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=241317&cc=us&Submit.y=5&Submit.x=7&swEnvOID=1063

On the other hand, i only have found the driver
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run in the Nvidia web page.

Frank.

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

I have found that the only way to deal with crossover drivers is to compile source.

In general , this is provided but trying to get Red Hat 9 software or drivers to work in ES 3 has not worked well for me at all.

For reference:

Red Hat AS 2.x was based on Red Hat 7

Red Hat AS 3.0 was based on Red Hat 9.

They changed it enough so drivers don't work.

LOL.

SEP

[David Spencer_1]

Frank,
Thanks for the follow up information.
Dave

Steven,
It's makes working graphic driver issues a pain. I was suspecting that a compile might be necessary but was hoping that someone has had success getting this to work. It has been very time intensive for me so far. Thanks for passing on your knowledge and experiences.
Dave

[Bryan Johnston]

We've run into this problem and there is a solution (or at least a workaround).

1. vi the file /usr/src/linux-2.4/include/linux/rhconfig.h
2. Comment out lines 31-33 using standard C coding (i.e. /* lots of text */)

Without these lines the nVidia driver will compile properly and install. This has been tested on several installations here and appears to be a viable fix.