 | | | display problems - please help 2 | display problems - please help 2 2004-02-04 - By Stuart Sears
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On Wednesday 04 Feb 2004 13:20, Howard Protheroe wrote:
> Hello. I have gone back to the start here.
> Not being particularly computer literate I need basic help.
>
> I have a version of redhat9 using a matrox g550 and everything works fine.
> I have bought a pny nvidia quadro fx500 and want to install it.
> I have tried putting the card in the machine and everything went to pot.
>
> - Should I install the drivers in the current system, and update the XF86
> config file and then put the card in the machine.
> - To install the driver the docs say I should:
> 1.exit the X server and set default run level so I will boot to a vga
> console and not boot directly to X.
>
> Can anybody help by giving me a step by step guide. On a clean installation
> I can 't even get a graphical interface. I was lead to believe that nvidia
> were the most compatible cards with linux but I am starting to doubt.
certainly. A word of advice, however - if posting to a newsgroup/mailingllist
_please_ start a new thread instead of just replying to an existing message
and changing the title - this messes up the threading in threaded mail
clients and will encourage much wrath and ire... :-)
note that I 've pulled this out and started a new thread with it...
Okay, installing NVIDIA drivers:
shutdown, install your new card, then...
boot , hit 'e ' at the grub screen, then highlight the kernel... line, press
'e ' again to edit this line.
add ' 3 ' (the leading space matters) to the end of this line, hit enter, then
b to boot.
this should give you a text-based login screen, where you will login as root.
find your NVIDIA.blahblahblah.run file.
make it executable
chmod +x NVIDIA.blahblahblah.run
run it:
./NVIDIA.blahblahblah.run
follow the menus (let it compile if it has to)
when it has finished,
edit /etc/X11/XF86Config
search for Driver "nv " (or whatever yours uses. IT will be part of a Device
section)
change this to read Driver "nvidia "
save the file and exit.
# if you have an rpm of the NV drivers, just install it using rpm -ivh
NV---.rpm (whatever it 's called).
I would still check that the XF86Config file mentioned above has been changed.
then test with 'startx '
if you are happy with the results (ie if it works) then you can switch to
runlevel 5 for a graphical login:
kill X (either logout in the menu, or Ctrl-Alt-Backspace)
then on the console:
init 5; exit (this will log out your root session).
you can use redhat-config-xfree86 too, if you want (after you 've installed the
drivers) - click on Advanced, then Configure (Video Card) and make sure that
the 'driver ' box has the word 'nvidia ' in it.
This is a good place to change/set resolutions if you aren 't comfortable with
editing the XF86Config file too much.
Hope this helps
Stuart
> I know that I am asking a lot here but am desperately lost.
> Thanks
> Howard
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