[newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Pete Stean
Hi folks, my first experience with linux isnt going very well... Installing Mandrake from CD-ROM - it detects all my hardware ok (apart from my usb Epson C42 printer but let's worry about that later) including my Geforce4 card and here's the problem. Hitting the test button on the graphics

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 16:31, Pete Stean wrote: Hi folks, my first experience with linux isnt going very well... Installing Mandrake from CD-ROM - it detects all my hardware ok (apart from my usb Epson C42 printer but let's worry about that later) including my Geforce4 card and here's the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 19:05, Pete Stean wrote: Thanks for the advice - that doesn't work though unfortunately - none of the geforce drivers give me anything other than a blank screen on test.. :-( Petey Dot not goot. Zumptink ist wong. You should at least see SOMETHING - anything -

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 7:31 am, Pete Stean wrote: Hi folks, my first experience with linux isnt going very well... Installing Mandrake from CD-ROM - it detects all my hardware ok (apart from my usb Epson C42 printer but let's worry about that later) including my Geforce4 card and here's the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Pete Stean
Selected the 1024x768 generic flatpanel - and I have a DVI and analog in on the monitor and DVI and analog out on the card. I only have the DVI cable connected (why bother with analog) - could it be as simple as trying to install with the analog cable connected instead?? :-| this will be

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 12:07:32 +0100 Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: this will be my third attempt at installing the o/s - we all love to hate MS but I'm beginning to see why people don't venture out into the wild unknown of linux phew! Well, talk to Tom Brinkman about that.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread ed tharp
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 07:07, Pete Stean wrote: Selected the 1024x768 generic flatpanel - and I have a DVI and analog in on the monitor and DVI and analog out on the card. I only have the DVI cable connected (why bother with analog) - could it be as simple as trying to install with the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread ed tharp
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 07:32, HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 12:07:32 +0100 Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: this will be my third attempt at installing the o/s - we all love to hate MS but I'm beginning to see why people don't venture out into the wild unknown of

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On 06 Sep 2003 08:25:37 -0400 ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: gee,, George Lucas, and Industrial Light and Magic choose Linux. AMD and NVidia just for that. the August Linux Journal has a great writeup about the Rackspace built linux powered ILM 'deathstar' render-farm. some 1500 AMD

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread ed tharp
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 05:23, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 19:05, Pete Stean wrote: Thanks for the advice - that doesn't work though unfortunately - none of the geforce drivers give me anything other than a blank screen on test.. :-( Petey Dot not goot. Zumptink

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 2:06 pm, Pete Stean wrote: Thanks folks - a simple problem by the looks of it but I couldn't see the wood for the trees - here's hoping they're all that easy - now to find out if anyone has ever managed to get an MS Trackball Optical to work !! Thanks again Petey. A

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday September 6 2003 06:32 am, HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 12:07:32 +0100 Pete Stean [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: this will be my third attempt at installing the o/s - we all love to hate MS but I'm beginning to see why people don't venture out into the wild unknown

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday September 6 2003 08:12 am, ed tharp wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 08:42, HaywireMac wrote: On 06 Sep 2003 08:25:37 -0400 ed tharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: gee,, George Lucas, and Industrial Light and Magic choose Linux. AMD and NVidia just for that. the August Linux