I'm reposting this to keep the thread alive. ---Tom
> >From: christopher j bottaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 18:10:38 -0500 > > > >does the readme have any special instructions for the geforce4? i've looked > >through it and didn't find anything. > > > >i just got a geforce4 mx 440 and it doesn't work well with redhat-7.2's > >xfree86-4.1.0 (fully updated by up2date). i downloaded and installed the > >latest nvidia drivers (just the same with my geforce2 and geforce3 cards > >which all work great btw). > > > >starting the xserver is fine. starts up, quake3 runs great, etc. but when i > >shutdown the xserver, the screen goes black and stays black. i can still > >type commands at the console (i just can't see what i'm typing) and i can > >even restart the xserver (which runs fine again). > > > >this was a real pain the butt, so i gave my geforce4 card to my roommate. > >anyone got any solutions so i can grab it back from him? ;) > > > >thanks for the help, > >christopher > > > >>On Monday 29 April 2002 10:55 am, Kirk wrote: > > >Geforce4 works great, get the driver RPMS from NVidia. > > >Check NVidia Readme first. > > >Kirk > >> > > >At 12:41 PM 4/29/2002 +0100, you wrote: > > >>Hi all, > > >> > > >>I maybe looking at a GForce 4MX 440 card (either XFX or MSI) from CCL > > > >soon, but seem to remember somewhere that X has a problem with them. > > >> > > >>Anyone got any experience/advice on the subject? > > >> > > >>-- > > >>Gary Stainburn > > Some video drivers are not very good about returning the terminal to the defaul >settings. > When you leave X, and are at the black screen, type any or all of the following: > > stty sane > reset > export TERM=vt100 > > The 'normal' term setting is 25rows x 80 cloumns. You can check to see your >settings with: > > stty -F /dev/tty1 size > > As a workaround: If a 'reset' works, you could map some combination of keyboard >keys to do the reset. And, lasly, you may have changed /etc/termcap or the part of >your .bash_profile or .bashrc that establishes terminal type. > > > > Regards, > > Tom _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
