I did try booting into runlevel 3 and logging in and then running startx it does load into x but again it logs in and the only thing I can do is power cycle the machine. It locks up on anything else that I try to do. I do appreciate all your help :) Thanks Mathew -----Original Message----- From: Hardy Merrill [mailto:hmerrill123@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:26 PM To: Mathew S. Nowend Cc: 'For users of Fedora Core releases' Subject: RE: GeForce FX Go 5200 on a Inspiron 8600 running FC3 When you tried the "rhgb" approach, did you try booting into runlevel 3, logging in and then running "startx"? I'm not familiar enough with the udev approach to be any help with that. I'm no X expert, so since the "rhgb" approach worked for me I can't be much more help. My laptop is 1200x800. If I have a chance tonight I'll compare your xorg.conf to mine and see if there are any other (other than resolution) differences. Hardy --- "Mathew S. Nowend" <mathewnowend@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well I followed the link to the thread below and > read the whole thing. I > followed both ways of getting my card to work. When > I rebooted X did start > and I was running at 1920x1200 however when I tried > to do anything the > machine locked but I still had mouse control. So I > had to reboot. I was > logged on as a user not as root. So when I rebooted > I logged into X this > time as root and I was at 800x600 resolution. When > I went to check display > settings it brought up the setting options then > wouldn't allow me to choose > anything or allow me to do anything just like before > so I had to power cycle > the machine. Any ideas? :) > > Thanks > > Mathew > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardy Merrill [mailto:hmerrill123@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 7:35 AM > To: MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora > Core releases; Mathew S. > Nowend > Cc: 'For users of Fedora Core releases' > Subject: Re: GeForce FX Go 5200 on a Inspiron 8600 > running FC3 > > This has been hot topic of conversation for a while > - > if you search the archives for "NVidia" you'll see > lots of threads. There are 2 workarounds that I'm > familiar with - one involves removing "rhgb" from > the > kernel line in grub.conf, and the other involves > "udev". > > Read this *whole* thread: > > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-November/msg02617.html > > I took the "rhgb" approach, but I'm going to try the > "udev" approach myself next. Right now I have to > boot > into runlevel 3 and run "startx" at the command > prompt. > > HTH. > > Hardy Merrill > --- Marc Schwartz <MSchwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 21:43 -0500, Mathew S. > Nowend > > wrote: > > > I am running a Dell Inspiron 8600 with a Ge > Force > > 5200 64meg video > > > card. I downloaded the latest driver from > > Nvidiab > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
