[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> I've installed LM8.0, and most things seem to be working
> well. The biggest problem (and maybe the cause of the
> others) is the video card.
>
> I have a GeForce2 MX video card, but the installer is
> detecting it as a GeForce DDR. I thought this might
> simply be the nVidia driver issue, so I downloaded &
> installed nVidia's drivers, and edited the XFree86Config-
> 4 file. I then restarted X, but found no difference!
>
> I quickly discovered that it is using XFree86Config
> instead of XFree86Config-4, and X -showconfig confirmed
> that I am in fact running 3.3.6 instead of 4.0.3!?!
> BTW: There is no XFree86 log file either.
>
> rpm -qa | grep XFree shows several 4.0.3 RPMs
> installed. I looked on the install CD and found a 4.0.3
> server RPM which wasn't listed in my query. I installed
> it as an upgrade (rpm -U)
>
> When I restart X, still nothing! I'm still running
> 3.3.6!
>
> How do I get it to use 4.0.3? Should I uninstall all
> XFree RPMs and start from scratch?
> Thanks
> Eric
Eric....click on the deksktop icon called 'Mandrake Control
Center. Expand the 'Hardware' tree and choose 'Display'.
Click on the 'Expert Mode' button and from there you'll be
able to change your Xserver version.
--
Alan
