Re: Help With Laptop.

I think the newer nvidia cards need a newer special propriety driver. 
Select VGA as the display type for now, then after install, grab the
proper driver.

Livna.org and freshrpms.net or rpmfind.net should be able to find the
right nvidia driver .rpm package for you.

RF.



On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 20:31, Colin Zhu wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> Can you post your /etc/XFree86cfg*** file here for us to review? That will make
> the problem more clear. Thanks.
> 
> Best regards.
> ----
> Colin.
> 
> 
> RULZ linux wrote:
> 
> > I am currently trying to install Red Hat Linux 9, which I purchased from
> > BaiNaoHui (the land of 100 computers?), on a Sony Grt-30P, which has a 16.1"
> > screen (UXGA), and a NVidia GeForce FX5600 with 64MB VRAM. When I run startx
> > on text login, I get a screen not found error, for display I chose laptop
> > generic 1600x1200, which screen should I pick or is something else the
> > matter?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Eric
> >
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