On 26 April 2010 06:46, badmagic <badmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all (figured out the problem), > > I've had trouble installing Fedora for the last few releases. I don't > have it installed at the moment so I can't offer much help BUT as I'm > certain my prob relates to my EVGA GTX 295 Co-Op Edition graphics card > and these are quite common cards, I'm sure the fix is quite widely known. > > Everything installs/boots okay until I get to the bit where I need to > log in. I get the GDM graphical login screen but the mouse and keyboard > seem to stop working. If I change to terminal view (Ctrl Alt F2 for > memory) I can still type DMESG shows problems with the graphics card - > can't remember specifics. > > I tried changing the xorg.conf to settings I know worked under other > distros/BSD/Solaris (using xorg) to no avail. > > Is this a known problem? Is there a fix? Is there some GRUB switch I can > throw in there that'll work - I tried some to no avail. > I am not sure but your card is probably not supported by the open source nouveau drivers. Have you tried using the proprietary drivers packaged by rpmfusion [http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia]? If not you could give that a shot. I would go about it like this, 1. Boot to runlevel 3 2. use yum to install rpmfusion free and non-free repo 3. now use yum to install the nvidia proprietary drivers 4. reboot > My specs are as follows: > > ASUS P5Q Deluxe motherboard > 4GB Kingston (compatible with mobo) RAM > EVGA GTX 295 co-op edition graphics card > Corsair HX 1000W (more than enough) > Nice rig ;) > That's about all > GL > Regards, > Steve Laurie -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
