CentOS - Jun 2004 - Re: NVIDIA on Linux

Hello scty library,

I had huge problems with NVIDIA cards on Linux.  The
screen would go blank as soon as X tried to load.  I
only tried using the driver that came with CentOS.  

After lots of parts swapping, I found that the monitor
(obviously) and (even) the motherboard make a
difference.  
> If so what did you do about it.
 
Finally, I gave up on NVIDIA cards -- I got a Voodoo
Banshee card and things have been easy since.  

Rick

> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:17:21 -0700 (PDT)
> From: scty Library <sctylib2004 at yahoo.com>
> To: centos Linux <centos at caosity.org>
> Subject: [Centos] Nvidia Drivers
> 
> When I load the latest driver from Nvidia in
> CentOS-3
> the logon screen turn light gray and I can't log in.
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem?
> 
> If so what did you do about it.
> 
> If I use the driver that comes with CentOS I don't
> have any problems.
> 
>

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 06:17:42AM -0700, Rick Graves
wrote:
> Hello scty library,
> 
> I had huge problems with NVIDIA cards on Linux.  The
> screen would go blank as soon as X tried to load.  I
> only tried using the driver that came with CentOS.  
> 
> After lots of parts swapping, I found that the monitor
> (obviously) and (even) the motherboard make a
> difference.  
> 
> > If so what did you do about it.
>  
> Finally, I gave up on NVIDIA cards -- I got a Voodoo
> Banshee card and things have been easy since.  
> 
> Rick
> 
It is a kernel problem. The stack size changed in the 2.6 kernel. You
need a version of the kernel with the old 8k stack size. You can get
such a kernel from:
www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc2-kernel-i686.php

As you can see these are fedora kernels but might work on centos.
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