Thanks guys I think I got it working! Being the impatient individual i can be, I just took the 1st of advice from Robin:
1. Boot to console (had to since X didn't work) 2. Ran drakxconf => Selected Display Conf 3. Chose nVidia Geforce FX driver 4. DID NOT run test (for some reason that didn't work) 5. Saved changes and started X Then I was up! The nicest thing was the newest nVidia driver install. Just downloaded the driver, quit X, sh'ed the driver, changed the nv line to nvidia in my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and that was it!! Thanks again to all for the help and to Stephen for the vid card recommendation. Now if I can get Enemy Territory to work on Linux: one more nail the XP coffin =) By the way, what's the difference between drakxconf and XFdrake? Same tool with different names or is XFdrake more powerful for vid config? -----Original Message----- From: ed tharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 9:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] New Video Card Setup - HELP!! run (from the console as root) XFdrake and chose framebuffer, run X to download the file need from Nvidia, init 3 and run the .run file. not positive if this works with this card, but if it does not wok you can send it to me... <grin> On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 19:00, Jason Greenwood wrote: > The other option perhaps is to boot into knoppix and if it works fine > then copy your XF86Config/-4 files over the mandrake ones and then > reboot. I find the Knoppix hardware detection/configuration to be almost > flawless. After that, you can update to the latest greatest drivers. > > Cheers > > Jason > > Greg Meyer wrote: > > >On Tuesday 08 July 2003 08:10 am, Tango Echo wrote: > > > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>After following Stephen's advice, I purchased the > >>GeForce FX 5600 256MB video card. Not really acting > >>to intelligently, I simply powered down the computer, > >>swapped the cards, and started the dual boot system. > >>XP found the card fine, but MDK 9.1 kicks into the > >>console. > >> > >>1. How can I configure the video card from the console > >>so I can get back into KDE? > >> > >>2. I know the FX 5600 has its own updated drivers > >>from the nVidia web site that I would like to be > >>installed. How does this play into it? Do I have to > >>do the basic setup from the console to get KDE up and > >>running, then install the updated drivers? > >> > >> > >Normally what you would do is to download the drivers ahead of the switch, > >switch the hardware, boot to init 3, run the installer and then restart init > >5. Now, you could use a text based editor like links or lynx to download > >them, or put your old video card back for a few minutes, or download them on > >another comuter and burn a cd, etc. > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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