> > Gah, another problem: > > I just recently installed the nVidia driver for the GForce FX graphics > > card for linux, and installation and everything went fine, and it told me > > to change the XF86Config file to use the new driver. And so I did, and > > restarted the X server, and now what happens is the screen flickers a > > couple of times, and it give me an error message saying it couldn't start > > X Server because the nVidia kernal failed to initialize. So I go to it's > > documentation page, and it says this isn't the fault of linux's kernal, > > but it's the fault of the nVidia kernal, and could be due to the fact > > that it's module isn't loaded. So, using the terminal X Server-less, I > > browse to /sbin/ like it says and I do insmod nvidia, and then modprobe > > nvidia. It loads successfully, but when I start up X server ('xdm' in the > > command line) the screen just goes blank, and I have to restart to get > > out of it. I was also wanting to know if there is any text editors that > > work without X Server, so incase if theres nothing I can do about it I > > can just edit the XF86Config back to what it was. Thanks.
Try this way: enter BIOS Setup and enable: 'Assign IRQ to VGA' Suerte -- Pilagá GNU/Linux Mandrake 9.1 Núcleo multimedia 2.4.21-0.16 00:17:45 up 1:14, 2 users, load average: 0.14, 0.08, 0.08
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