X86 On Hp Xw9300 Workstation Does Not Install Accelerated Graphics; Description; Scope; Resolution - HP xw3400 User Manual

x86 on HP xw9300 Workstation Does Not Install Accelerated Graphics

DESCRIPTION

Revision 6633 of NVIDIA's proprietary accelerated graphics driver has problems initializing the X
server properly. The problem is very apparent as the Graphical Desktop Manager (Gnome or KDE)
cannot start properly, and the system appears to be hung with a black screen.

SCOPE

This problem affects all NVIDIA graphics cards (FX540, FX1400, FX3400, NVS280) on HP xw9300
Workstation systems with the x86 version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, Update 4 installed.
Furthermore, this problem is present with version 6633 of the NVIDIA proprietary driver.

RESOLUTION

NOTE: This issue has been resolved in RHEL3U5 when using a revision 7167 or greater of the
NVIDIA proprietary accelerated graphics driver. If you are using RHEL3U4, then the following
resolution still applies.
1. Change directory to /opt/hp/graphics/nvidia/driver
2. Execute ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6633-pkg1.run --no-network
3. Change directory to../example_configs
4. cp XF86Config-4.nvidiaStandard /etc/X11
5. Change directory to /etc/X11
6. mv XF86Config XF86Config.orig
7. ln -s XF86Config-4.nvidiaStandard XF86Config
8. After the preceding steps are completed, then you will need to reboot your system with the
boot option "noapic". To do this, either:
9. Reboot the system.
10. When you see the blue highlighted "F1: Boot," press the F1 key.
The boot prompt "boot: _" will be displayed.
11. At the boot prompt, enter: linux noapic
OR
Modify your /etc/grub.conf file to add "noapic" to the end of the line, which starts with
"kernel", such as: kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.EL root=LABEL=/ noacpi
x86 on HP xw9300 Workstation Does Not Have A Functional Network
Driver For LOM

DESCRIPTION

The binary kernel image installed from RHEL 3 Update 4 distributions for x86 does not contain the
open source driver (forcedeth) needed for the NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 chipset's built-in
gigabit Ethernet controller.

SCOPE

This affects only the x86/i386/i686 version of RHEL 3 U4 running on any HP xw9300 Workstation
configuration.
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