Re: Help With Laptop.

Chris Drumgoole <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.beijing.tech
Organization Beijing Linux User Group
Message-ID <opr3ngkwh6lzpzj0__36031.0765020133$1077248697@mail.beijinglug.org>
You can get this on nvidia's site.  http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html

Not GPLd though, but, who cares, right?  Just want the darn thing to work!

Chris

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 11:26:42 +0800, Richard Ford <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> 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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