I sent this about 8 hours ago but I do not see it in the list: "I went to nvidia.com downloaded the new Windows drivers and installed them. (thanks Greg). I also downloaded some Linux drivers but there are a raft of them and it was not clear which might work. I will pass on rebuilding source code until I am better educated. I will try downloading from the club. Meanwhile as you and Greg suggest, edit to "change nvidia to nv". I think I can manage that.
The Windows screen looks softer and more colorful and the mouse moves steadier since the new NVIDIA drivers were installed. Since I got error messages about messing up Linux by turning the power off I will do another install to make it clean, then reboot and if I get the command line again will edit nvidia to nv. I will let you know how it comes out. Thanks for the help. Leo" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current: I have tried a number of the suggestions, to the best of my ability, but still no go. I have joined the MDK club and in 24 hours I should be able to download the 9.1 compatible NVIDIA drivers. If I can find the right ones, and if I can install them correctly, 9.1's screen should work as well as 9.0's. I used vi to change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (there wasn't any X8Config-4) Driver from Nvidia to nv. Shutdown, reboot, back to the black screen and command line. From root, startX and crash. Log file "/var/log/xfree86.0.log" using config file "etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Using VT 7 (WW)(NV(0): failed to set up write combining range (0xd4000000, 0x2000000) (II) [GLX]" Calling GlxExtensionsInit Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting. What ever all that means. "nv" went further than "Nvidia" but it looks like GLX stopped it. I also reran Xfdrake at the command line (reduced resolution) and crashed when I entered startx. So, I will get hold of the right video drivers, install them and try again later. Thanks for the help and the tutorials. Leo
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