I am no expert on Nvidia, but it seems from previous post that the best bet is to download and install Nvidia closed source drivers (see Nvidia website...) Lionel --- Michael Connor <numike@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > 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" > > http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/nv.4.html > > 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. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
