On 11/6/06, Christopher A. Williams <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 09:51 -0800, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 11/4/06, Christopher A. Williams <chrisw01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Does anyone have experience getting the Livna nVidia drivers to behave > > on FC6 with the G-Force 6200? Here's my story: > > > > I had an old G-Force 5200FX (128MB/AGP). Attempting to run with the > > current Livna drivers immediately froze the system when X started. The > > only option was a hard reset, rescue CD, update to default at runlevel 3 > > and uninstall to return to the opensource driver. > > > > Thinking it may be hardware issues (but also being on a tight budget), I > > replaced the old card with a shiny new PNY G-Force 6200 (128MB/AGP). The > > Livna drivers now no longer freeze the system, but I am only able to run > > at 800x600 resolution, regardless of how I manually adjust display > > settings. Higher resolutions work fine when falling back to the > > opensource driver, but I have constant video repaint issues, > > particularly when typing text. The current Livna beta drivers still > > totally lock the system (with a grey screen at startup). > > > > I've perused (briefly) NVnews and the Livna bugzilla system for hints, > > but thought I would also post here to see if I missed something (which > > is quite possible). > > Post your X log. Had problems over the weekend with e-mail bounces, so I'm replying to this part of the thread. It turns out that if I specify the any resolution of 1600X1200 or lower, everything is OK. Any resolution higher than that is not recognized, even though my monitor and card should be capable of higher than that. Could this just be a bug?
Perhaps, but that's doubtful. More likely is that your hardware isn't capable of doing more than 1600x1200. What does the X log say? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
