Perhaps you could install with the non-graphics mode? And then setup X? XFree86 4.3's "nv" driver that comes with RH 9 should work fine with the FX5200. Mark. On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, David J. Valencia wrote: > This is related to xfree86 as i am told. i have an AMD Athlon XP2500 > system with an Nvidia GeForce FX5200 video card. when i am trying to > install Redhat 9 on this sytem, Anaconda detects my video card and > assigns the Generic VESA driver--this is where things go wrong. The > installer appears to start X but the screen goes blank and my monitor > button goes amber as if in sleep mode. I have tried several workarounds > like loading as "Linux lowres" "Linux resolution = (several sizes)" > "Linux xdrvr=nv" stc. i have even set the AGP to 4x in bios and the > video still crashes. > > several sources have told me that all of this is due to Redhat's install > disk using an older version of XFree86, which doesn't detect the FX5200 > card. do you know of any workarounds other than putting in an older > video card or installing in text mode (that has other issues)? please > let me know whatever you can. > > thanks in advance for your support. > > david valencia > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
