Re: nvidia & 2009.2

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:12:01 -0400
dlwiggers wrote:

> John Rye wrote:
> > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:57:28 -0400
> > dlwiggers wrote:
> > 
> >> Well, I never would have believed it.  I admit I've read about it, but
> >> there's nothing like personal experience.
> >>
> >> I attempted to install 2009.1 and 2009Spring in a new box over the
> >> weekend.
> >>
> >> 2009.1 x won't run.  I get a flashing dash on the top left and nothing
> >> else.  Boots in runlevel 2, though.
> >>
> >> 2009Spring, ditto
> >>
> >> 2009 84, ditto
> >>
> >> 2009 dual, ditto
> >>
> >> What's interesting is:
> >>
> >> Knoppix boots with great splashes of beauty, as does Redhat, Ubuntu,
> >> and Kubuntu,  all of which I downloaded out of frustration and none
> >> of which I am seriously thinking of keeping on an active box.
> >>
> >> The box is a dual processor 64 bit 3500amd, with 4g memory and a 1.5tb
> >> sata drive.  The display is an antique flat screen, but I haven't
> >> gotten there yet,anyway.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know what to change to stop the frilly graphic startup?  I
> >> just want to watch the okay's scroll up to login, the way I always
> >> did, then play with mcc, I suppose, or use it to serve Apache until
> >> mdv gets the graphic act together.
> > 
> > I think you can strike the 'esc' key to clear the splash screen -
> > however I found this to be a hit'n'miss affair :-)
> > 
> > I edited the boot parameters in lilo and removed the 'splash=silent"
> > parameter to get around the splash screen.
> > 
> > One workaround would be to start in failsafe mode and edit /etc/inittab
> > line which reads "id:5:initdefault:" and change the 5 to a 3. This will
> > allow you to get to a console screen from where you can sort out your
> > graphics problem(s).
> > 
> > You don't tell us what your video card is so it's bit difficult to
> > diagnose. 
> > 
> > John NZ
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> tnx John & all
> 
> nvidia, recent is all I know right now.  8500? maybe.  It's part of the
> mb.
> 
> Since my obvious frustration, I have so far gotten to:
> 1. Installed 2009.1dual
> 2. Gotten rid of all boot candy but the very first (splash screen?) and 
> tnx John for the fix to that one.
> 3. Connected finally
> 4. Set update places, etc.
> 5. Installed xfce with urpmi.
> 
> Graphic installation from mcc says that the nvidia card isn't working, 
> but has allowed me a rudimentary icewm start with a generic driver.
> 
> I haven't tried xfce yet.
> 

What does 'lspci | grep VGA' return?

John NZ
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