 | | | display problems - please help 2 | display problems - please help 2 2004-02-04 - By Stuart Sears
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On Wednesday 04 February 2004 19:17, Howard Protheroe wrote:
> Stuart - or anybody who has any advice.
> Thanks for your advice earlier it worked perfectly..until I registered with
> the rh network and it updated my version of Rh from 2.4.20-6 to 2.4.20-28.9
> and now it will not work.
(Take some more advice? Please _bottom_ post - reply underneath the relevant
parts of the message you are answering - it 's much easier to follow the
thread that way)
It won 't work because it is a kernel module and the new kernel will not
contain the module. This is a royal PITA down to the way that nvidia now
distribute their drivers - you can only have one kernel module on the system
at a time, UNLESS:
you backup the original (for your first kernel) and then install for the
updated kernel, then copy the backup back to where it was.
(there was a day when NVidia distributed kernel mods and glx separately which
didn 't cause this problem... bah humbug)
> I have tried installing the driver again and it won 't let me because of the
> kernal. It can 't find the code or something.
what exactly does it say? what is the error message?
I seem to remember that you can force the install, if need be.
> When I try and do a startx it
> crashes. I tried to copy my xconfig file through to windows but can 't seem
> to see it.
you can still boot your old kernel though, right?
This should still work, as should X.
>
> I can feel another install coming on..
reinstallation is a sign of weakness. Don 't do it. That 's for Windows
people...
;-)
unless you mean the driver, of course...
>
> I think that the issue may be due to the monitor setting. It is set on 400
> 300 but I am unsure what that is and what to change it to. Currently I am
> using a Philips 201b40 and am trying to set the resolution to 1280x1024.
> Any more help would be much appreciated.
redhat-config-xfree86
(not while x is running, or trying to. boot into runlevel 3 first, as
discussed last time. init 3 from a console as root will do this without
rebooting the entire machine. if you do this, you may need to hit return
again to get your prompt back, it looks like it 's hanging, but it usually
isn 't)
on the advanced tab you can configure your monitor. If your model is not
shown, then you pick Generic and choose a resolution that you know your
monitor can display.
For your graphics card you can choose the generic nvidia driver too, which
should work fine, if you don 't need 3d.
let me know how you get on
Stuart
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