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Hi,
I am a newbie for sure. I installed RedHat
Linux 7.3 on a new AMD ASUS MB running NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX video card. The
install detects and runs in GUI mode just fine however when I try to configure
XFree86-4.2.0-8 it freezes my system with a blank screen. I have tried several
combinations. RH web site says that some NVIDIA GeForce 4 chipset (see below)
are not supported by "nv".
I am not sure if MX is supported or not. My monitor
can display up to 1280x768 H 63.9 kHz and V 60 HZ. I only want 800x600
w/color. The BOIS says 32 MB for Video and the first probe finds the video card
but the Xconfig list does not contain NVIDIA.
There is a driver update from XFree86 for the
nv driver. It is not clear but they might now support the "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX"
Any advice on how to configure XFree and/or download the
new driver is appreciated. Do I need to get driver from RedHat or can I somehow
use the xfree4.2.1 ?
Thanks, Michael
Release notes for RedHat 7.3
NOTE: The nVidia GeForce 4 chipset is not supported by the "nv" driver in XFree86 4.2.0. The XFree86 "vesa" driver, which uses a video card's VESA BIOS to initialize video modes,may work as a temporary workaround until official support is available in a future release. |
