-----Message d'origine----- De : Sid Boyce [mailto:sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk] Envoye : jeudi 1 avril 2004 01:38 A : SuSE List Objet : Re: [SLE] [suse-xfree86] Blank screen w/GEForce FX 5200 AGP
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
SuSE 9.0 AMD ?? Soyo ?? 17 inch LCD GeForce FX 5200 AGP
A friend's tnt video card fried (fan) and we replaced it with a 128M GeForce FX 5200 AGP.
Ran the nvidia updater (5336), followed directions (root) sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run sax2 -m 0=nvidia text screen changed to X and blank screen (black).
edited /etc/X11/XF86Config, nvidia changed to nv init 5 -> blank screen (black)
Ran nvidia updater (4496) with same results.
note: With the previous tnt card, the 5336 ver would not work (blank screen) but the 4496 would (w/o 3d, nv not nvidia driver).
Changed driver to nv (SuSE original). Same blank screen in X.
I know not where to turn. Suggestions welcome, please.
It seems to be hardware dependant, I've two boxes with two Nvidia based boards : - the first one is a MSI GeForce4 MX440, if I want to get TV-out I've to connect the primary screen on DVI - the second one is a MSI GeForce FX5900, if I want to get TV-out I've to connect the primary screen on VGA !! Don't know why! Michel
There should be a FAQ about this. You shouldn't have needed sax2. I just ran the nvidia script, changed /etc/X11/XF86Config from "nv" to "nvidia" and it's OK, same card used in SuSE 9.0 and Mandrake 9.2 boxes with the 5336 driver. I once messed up for "nvidia" by using an app that was used to configure the card on the fly, "nv" was unaffected. Check /var/log/XFree86.0.log to see if there are any pointers as to what is wrong. Regards Sid.
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