[olug] Second monitor

[Tim - DZ]

Yeah, not sure what you mean by "kill the X server"..

Did you get all the way to a usable desktop?
	No -> mess with settings in your XF86Confg
		-> Option "NvAGP"  "2"   #or 1 or 0
		   (mandrake prolly has AGPART enabled in the kernel)

	Yes -> Is TVOUT working?
		No -> try A different driver release
		Yes -> STOP don't mess with anything!

The nvidia drivers do a couple cool things:
	sh driverversion.run
		Installs driver the first time
	nvidia-installer --uninstall
		Must be run from init 3, removed drivers
	nvidia-installer --update
		Grab the latest drivers from the web
		If you're using TVOUT or other 'advanced'
		Options, don't do this
	nvidia-graphics-switch <driver-number>
		Switch to different installed drivers
	nvidia-settings
		Graphical menu similar to Display Options in windows
	

When installing / compiling...
	/var/log/nvidia-installer.log
is helpful; when trying to finesse X...
	/var/log/XFree86.0.log               (where 0 is the screen #)
	dmesg
	/var/log/messeges
are helpful.




-t 



-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
mescie
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:22 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Second monitor

I used the binary installer I got off the nvidia website and the 
installlation went smoothly.And I edited the XF86Config-4 file (mandrake 
9.1 distro) to read driver "nvidia"I haven't got to the TVout part yet.X 
starts up fine with the nvidia splash screen appearing first but then 
when I kill the X server the screen just goes blank,no  text or command 
prompt.For the heck of it tho I blindly typed startx and my desktop 
started up.Something to work on but at least I'm making a little progress.

             Gary

Ken wrote:

> [snip]
>
>>
>> FYI I've had much better luck using the sh driverversion.run 
>> installer from
>> NVidia than using RPMs from anyone else, especially when using non-stock
>> kernels....but of course NVidia's .run file doesn't with SUSE for some
>> reason...
>>
>> -t 
>
>
> I definitely second this.  The binary installer from the website has 
> always done a better job for me than the rpm packages.  The only pain 
> is that you'll need to rerun the installer after each kernel upgrade..
> -Ken
>
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> http://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
>


_______________________________________________
OLUG mailing list
OLUG at olug.org
http://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug