This card should be supported by the "nv" driver that comes
with XFree86 4.3. I believe XFree86 4.3 is what comes with Red Hat 9.
We'll need to see the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file to see what the
problem is.
Mark.
On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, jared & ailene wrote:
> I am using RedHat Linux #9 with an Asus P4P800 i865 800FSB and NVIDIA
> GEFORCE-FX 128MB card and ViewSonic E90fb monitor. All is well during
> install in text mode including opening page and non-text buttons and all
> is well operating in text mode but monitor blacks out when I try to
> 'startx' and view meter screen shows small vertical and horiz numbers
> and 'status' OVER message. (I have not yet determined what a viewmeter
> does or is trying to tell me and I have no idea of how to access the
> interactive 'viewmatch' within the viwsonic monitio system. I can't
> adjust settings through 'Xconfigurator' as the screen goes black. Though
> I chose the correct monitor and NVIDIA GEFORCE-FX (generic) settings in
> original install the XF86Configuration file does not reflect those
> choices.
> I have not yet tried to change the file settings with vi - is this my
> next step?
> Anyone got any ideas? I am not a total newbie as I have been working for
> over a year on various Beowulf system setups with Linux. But, I am not a
> programmer or sys mgr yet -
> (still in the role of sorcerer's apprentice at this time) My 'day job'
> is 5th grade teacher.
> Any help or directions towards help will be very much appreciated -
> thanks
>
> Jared R. Simmons
>
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