On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 21:39, Per-Olof Litby - Reg'l Mgr - Nordic/Baltic - Java Web Services - Sun Microsystems wrote: > Greetings, > > I installed FC2 from the standard DVD on a machine with the following > hardware: > > - Soltek SL75FRN2-L motherboard with nVidia nForce2 chipset > - nVidia FX5200 AGP graphics card > - Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio > - Wireless M$ keyboard and mouse > > Install went pretty smoothly although it took forever before the > graphical installer came up. After installation, I ran apt to update all > components including the kernel. I then found the following glitches: > > - No sound (no manner of alsamixer fiddling would get it working) > - Graphics identified as Generic nVidia. On my 17" NEC LCD monitor, with > resolution set > to 1280x1024 (works perfectly in XP), the picture is larger than the > monitor can display. > Does not appear to be something which can be fixed by resizing the > image using the controls > on the monitor, it actually seems as if FC2 is sending a higher > resolution to the monitor than > what is set in the display settings > - Tried installing the nVidia drivers from their web site. It installed > (complained about the > rivafb stuff but I don't have one so doubt that module loads) but then > when I reboot the system > hangs just after the graphical bootsplash screen has come up. The > nVidia splash screen did appear. > - Booting into runlevel 3 only brings me as far as the login prompt, but > the system does not > accept any keyboard input! Anything typed at the Login: prompt is > instantly erased so I have no > possibility to login. Same thing if booting from the rescue CD. Could > this be anything to do > with my wireless keyboard? > > Only option is to reinstall from the DVD. > > Can anyone suggest what I could do to get the display drivers working, > before I reinstall? > > thanks, > /POL You will need to download the Nvidia Chipset drivers from www.nvidia.com website, and install them to get sound working etc. (I don't have a Nforce/2 mobo, but from what I've read on the web, you will need to do this) Wolf
