> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Phil Schaffner
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:35 AM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: Fun with CentOS and Windows
>
> You should be able to get better resolution without installing the
> proprietary nvidia driver. Sounds like your monitor is not being
> automatically recognized. Should be able to run system-config-display
> (from runlevel 3) as root and set the monitor type in the Hardware
tab.
> Should then see higher resolutions available. Set the resolution you
> want, exit system-config-display, and then "telinit 5" to get back to
> the GUI login.
>
Well, actually, after I installed the NVIDIA driver, I reset the monitor
type to something like Generic 1600x1200 and ran with that for a while,
but it didn't behave properly. After anywhere from 15-30 minutes of
running, it would scramble all new window data and only refresh buttons
I moved the mouse over. I changed it to Generic 1280x1024 and so far
have not had any problems, but I haven't run on it all that long,
either. So I don't really know if the driver helped or not.
> If you still want the proprietary nvidia driver, nothing wrong with
> Winter's fine advice, but would like to suggest another alternative
that
> applies at this point. Skip downloading the nvidia drivers and
instead
> enable ATrpms repo, being sure you first set up the
> yum-plugin-protectbase to keep from clobbering core packages.
Please remind me how to do that - I did it here at work but forgot how
(for home).
I'll have to decrypt the rest of your post - it's too technical for me
to delve into at the moment, but thanks for all of it.
mhr
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