well, i'd start by installing the nvidia drivers for you gf4. and then
edit your config file. This is what mine looks like. I have a gf4 ti4200
and gf2 mx400 and running the 4496 drivers compiled for 2.4 and 2.6
kernels. Both work just fine.
you can get the nvidia kernel and glx from www.nvidia.com
good luck
here's my /etc/X11/XFree86Config file (at least that section) for your
perusal. If you're new to linux, remember to use a root shell or login
as root to edit this file.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "1280x1024" "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 18:37, Michael Galicki wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have a problem with mandrake 9.2. My system:
> Athlom XP 1800+
> ECS k7vta3
> MSI Geforce 4 ti 4200
> LG 1710B DVI
>
> During the installation I was prompted to chose my gfx and my monitor
> (both were already selected). before accepting the settings you can
> test them, well I did but it didnt work, afterwards I tried all kinds
> of settings for my gfx and my monitor, none of them worked. finally I
> just finished the whole installation and restartet where I was bootet
> to the console. trying to start the xserver with startx gave me an
> error message:
> ...
> using vt7
> (EE) VGA (0): Driver can't support depth 24
> (EE) screen(s) found, but none have a usuable configuration
>
> FATAL SERVER ERROR
> no screens found
> ...
>
> does someone know a solution for my problem? Im very new to linux...
>
> I also tried setting the horizontal/vertical frq manually during the
> installation. While trying to install red hat linux I and fedora and
> didnt make it to the graphic setup screen, after probing some hardware
> the monitor turned off -> standby mode.
--
Brendan Sullivan
<brendan@xxxxxxxxxx>
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