[olug] Second monitor

[mescie]

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
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