[elrepo] nVidia 185.18.36 GigaByte 8500GT RHEL/Centos 5.3 driver not working in init 5

[Ljubomir Ljubojevic]

S.Tindall wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 00:33 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
>> Yes. Actualy, it gives me option for 320x240 and 640x480.
>>
>> I have compared Xorg's log for both init 5 and init 3,and with init 5 it 
>>   looks like xorg.conf is not being used at all, but the default 
>> configuration incorporated into /usr/bin/Xorg (etc/X11/X).
>>
>> When I installed the CentOS 5.3, Anaconda was not able to run in GUI 
>> mode, I had to install it in text mode. I then added firstly nvidia 
>> packages from Atrpms, then tried kmod's from ElRepo. Same thing in both 
>> cases.
>>
>> Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic
>>> <office at plcomputers.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi all.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a reason that nVidia driver 185.18.36 fails to give resolution
>>>> higher than 640x480 in GUI mode, but when I set init 3 in inittab and
>>>> reboot, it will load wit startx?
>>>>
>>>> This is woth same config file, only difference is init mode.
>>> This does not really make sense to me.  When you set runlevel to 5 in
>>> inittab and then _reboot_, you only get 640x480 -- is this what you
>>> are seeing?
> 
> Often, a low-resolution-only issue can be fixed by selecting an
> appropriate default monitor.
> 
>>From either GUI or CLI, start system-config-display and select a monitor
> under the Hardware Tab that matches your monitor's resolution.  A
> generic CRT/LCD monitor at the top of the list will usually be good
> enough.
> 
> Then under the Settings Tab, change the resolution to the resolution
> matching the monitor.
> 
> You need to restart the xserver (i.e., log out/in from GUI) for the new
> settings to take effect.
> 
> Steve

Steve, I am seasoned Linux user. I even compiled some 30-40 rpms and am 
making a bundled software package from several repositories. I've tried 
many procedures. Bottom line is:

Using startx from init 3 gives me excelent screen, nvidia logo at the 
beginig, but when booting with init 5 set in inittab gives me failsafe 
defaults.

Also, I had my share or xorg.conf problems over the 2-3 years I am 
working with linux. But never like this one. I am just reading that 
Xorg's newer versions does not really need xorg.conf any more (XRandR). 
It is possible that I have set some option to that effect without knowing.

Ljubomir