Alexander Volovics wrote:
I replaced the video card in an AMD64 pc with FC3-x86_64 with
a new card (nVIDIA GeForce FX5200 replaced by a nVIDIA GeForce
FX5700 LE) and used kudzu to remove the old adapter and install
the new. (Kudzu reacted correctly at boot).
As I do not like using gdm/rhgb I always configure for runlevel 3
and use 'startx'.
Before using 'startx' I edited xorg.conf with the correct entries.
This is for a LCD monitor using DVI and the 'nv' driver.
However now 'startx' either remains at the black screen or progresses
to the blue Gnome startup background (on which normally the Fedora splash
screen appears with the changing icons before you see the panel, etc.)
but then no Gnome desktop.
I have checked the xorg log file in /var/log and other logs for any
indication of video problems but everything appears OK.
So I think something happened to the Gnome configuration somewhere.
I see errors like the following:
(Gnome-panel:3671): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
Any suggestions how to solve this. I really need the GUI at the moment.
Alexander
I think that the FC3 nv driver does not support newer nvidia cards.
I have a 5700 Ultra card and the FC3 install put the nv driver into
xorg.conf but it doesn't work--won't start X. So I booted into run
level three to do the post-install configuration. To get X windows
I initially changed from the "nv" driver to the "vesa" driver. But
I quickly installed the nvidia driver to get the full 3D capabilities.
Everything works fine with the nvidia driver.
--Kenny
