It is also good to look through the system logs (typically /var/log/messages) for nvidia driver errors. I've had problems before and when I looked there it told me precisely what setting in the BIOS to change and after that it worked great... Compliments to NVidia! On Friday 16 April 2004 13:22, Eric Diamond wrote: > Friday, April 16, 2004 1:44 PM Dhananjay D. Makwana sent: > > When I start X, my screen goes completely blank. I am using > > just one mode of 1600x1200 with 24 bit color. It picks up the > > correct "nv" driver. > > According to the NVIDIA driver site, there is a problem with older > drivers, theirs and the generic XF86 drivers with the Samsung notebooks. > Their newest driver, v 1.0-5336, addresses this problem. Download it > from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-5336.html. > > Eric Diamond > eDiamond Networking & Security > 303-246-9555 > eric@xxxxxxxxxxxx