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Old 05-05-2001, 04:31 PM   #1
fallenangel
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I'm not having much success configuring X Windows and don't know what I'm doing wrong!?! I've partitioned my harddrive, and am dual booting with Windows. But I've installed SuSE Linux 7.1 about 30 times now and xf86config won't work. I've now tried Mandrake 4 times (tonight alone) and am at my wits end. PC detail are:

Monitor: Gateway FPD1500 (flatscreen)
Card: Nvidia Riva TNT2

If someone could give me advice I'd be really grateful....

Cheers.
 
Old 05-05-2001, 09:45 PM   #2
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what error messages are you getting?
Do you get an X window with the install,or text mode?
also there are several threads in this forum, on this subject that might be helpful.
 
Old 05-06-2001, 02:21 AM   #3
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further on X config

I don't get an error message as such - the screen just turns black, or a I get a flash of colour before it turns black.

With Mandrake I've been getting a messge about SVGA 24bpp not supported - whatever that means??

With SuSE it just tells me to reinstall the X-Server and try again, which I done (over and over again).

I think the problem is with the monitor set up but I'm sure I've got the right info. It's 1024 x 768 at 50/60 Hz.

Any clues?? Your help much appreciated!!


Cheers,
 
Old 05-06-2001, 03:59 AM   #4
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Probably tried this,but:
Before you try to reinstall anything,try hitting control+alt>backspace to restart xserver.If you're at least getting bash,try running DrakX from root.
Like I said,you probably tried those things,but it's worth a shot if you have'nt.HTH
lynch
 
Old 05-07-2001, 09:45 AM   #5
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have you got the drivers from nividia ? there website has some drivers for their cards for linux. maybe that will solve things for you. use the default svga to start with then get their drivers and follow the install instructions to get it to work.
hopefully that will work

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