On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 16:42, FemmeFatale wrote: > Brian Parish wrote: > > > > OK, my powerpack arrived! A fresh install does all the things I would > > hope and expect it to do, but for a glitch with my graphics card. I > > have an nVidia GEforce 2 MX400. Chose the lastest Xfree with > > acceleration during the install. Login and type startx > > > > Screen goes blank for about 30 seconds, then I get an nVidia splash > > screen, then finally KDE comes up. Acceleration is obviously working as > > Tux zooms very nicely after those herring, but the entire system will > > hang to the point where Ctrl-Alt-Backspace does nothing and I can't even > > ping the machine. Reset button time! > > > > OK, so I get rid of xfree 4.2.whatever, go back to the previous > > 4.something-else without acceleration and everything is stable. But Tux > > of course is a major casualty. :-( > > > > Can anyone offer a way to make it stable AND accelerated? > > > > TIA > > > > Brian > > > > Look at LM's site for nvidia instructions they have special ones there > for your card. > > Femme > Thanks Femme, and also for not adding the obvious "Why didn't you do that first bonehead?"
Brian
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