Hi all, A littbe bit of help from those who have experienced it. Those who have read my emails in the past, might remember that I lost the fan on my VGA card some time back and did not know it. First it resulted in corrupted desktops on Enlightement. [Some part of video ram was burned, and when accessed, did not do well - and I could not relate this to the fan as I did not open my box then]. Later the graphics on VESA/x11 with mplayer start getting screwed randomly. That is when I noted that it was a problem with the fan. I manually replaced the fan - but probably the damage was done. I have already ordered a new NVIDIA card [exactly the same model - although the card is old, we get it in India, cheap and genuine]. I downloaded the driver installer from NVIDIA's site. It detected the [broken] card correctly and installed drivers/libs for it. HOWTO says to use sax2 after being done with the "installer" and I did that - to enable 3D support. When I test the configuration without 3D support, I can configure X and save settings. When I enable 3D, the test server gives nothing but a WHITE screen and the machine hangs. My deduction - the card is really screwed and the best is to replace it. My questions - Can I simply plug in the new card [same model] and retry sax2? Or should I plug in the new card, run installer again, and then try sax2? Are there any issues with running the NVIDIA installer twice on the same machine? The knowing ones, enlighten, Rohit ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com
On Monday 05 May 2003 9:45 pm, Rohit wrote:
Hi all, use sax2 after being done with the "installer" and I did that - to enable 3D support. When I test the configuration without 3D support, I can configure X and save settings. When I enable 3D, the test server gives nothing but a WHITE screen and the machine hangs.
My deduction - the card is really screwed and the best is to replace it.
I'm using SuSE 8.1, and have an NVIDIA GeForce2 card. I have always found that I ALSO have to go into the XFree86Config file and go to the "Device" section and hand edit the Driver from "nv" to "nvidia". AFAIK, "nv" is the default dummy driver provided by SuSE, and you need to switch to the "nvidia" driver for things to work properly. And run the switch2nidia_glx script, if that hasn't already been mentioned. Hope that helps. Michael
On Wed, 7 May 2003, Michael Gates wrote:
I have always found that I ALSO have to go into the XFree86Config file and go to the "Device" section and hand edit the Driver from "nv" to "nvidia". AFAIK, "nv" is the default dummy driver provided by SuSE, and you need to switch to the "nvidia" driver for things to work properly. And run the switch2nidia_glx script, if that hasn't already been mentioned.
the unified installer does some library replacements and the HOWTO from SuSE site about Nvidia installers says to use sax2 after running the installer for 8.2 - and that's it... Can I run installer again? I think I shall have to risk it. Rohit ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com
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