Perhaps you could install with the non-graphics mode? And
then setup X? XFree86 4.3's "nv" driver that comes with RH 9
should work fine with the FX5200.
Mark.
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, David J. Valencia wrote:
> This is related to xfree86 as i am told. i have an AMD Athlon XP2500
> system with an Nvidia GeForce FX5200 video card. when i am trying to
> install Redhat 9 on this sytem, Anaconda detects my video card and
> assigns the Generic VESA driver--this is where things go wrong. The
> installer appears to start X but the screen goes blank and my monitor
> button goes amber as if in sleep mode. I have tried several workarounds
> like loading as "Linux lowres" "Linux resolution = (several sizes)"
> "Linux xdrvr=nv" stc. i have even set the AGP to 4x in bios and the
> video still crashes.
>
> several sources have told me that all of this is due to Redhat's install
> disk using an older version of XFree86, which doesn't detect the FX5200
> card. do you know of any workarounds other than putting in an older
> video card or installing in text mode (that has other issues)? please
> let me know whatever you can.
>
> thanks in advance for your support.
>
> david valencia
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