> 1) I'm having great problems getting a new Dell Dimension 8300 (newly isntalled > Fedora Core) to run X windows (gnome). It has a Nvidia GEForceFx 5200 card and > a Dell 1703 FPt flat panel monitor. When I try to run it I get a "Can't Display > This Mode" message. I've changed the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines in the > XF86Config file to match those in the monitor's manual, but that didn't help. > I've also made sure the mode line matches the monitor's capabilities. > > I only have the default (nv) driver for the card, but I think I'd get some kind > of image even with that. So far no luck. Can anyone help? it will not work. change to the standard vesa driver. > 2) That brings up question 2: how do I keep the system from trying to run gdm > on startup. I'm able get out of it by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace, but I have > to that repeatedly and it's very annoying. I've looked through the /etc/rc.d > directory but I can't see what's trying to run gdm. get the nvidia driver from the website. change to initlevel 3 (in /etc/inittab). reboot, install the driver. edit your X configuration (as explained in the nvidia driver documentation), change initlevel to 5 again and reboot. worked fine for me on a inspiron 5150. regards, oliver > thanks, > > Mark Mcglone > dmcglone@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
