On Tuesday 17 January 2006 16:14, M.Blackmore wrote: [...]
OK, now if I was able to, with both the matrox card in and out of the system, do something with xf86config that enabled sax2 to run, how can I set up the second PCI slot card as well using the same method - it might work??
Sax2 isn't recognising the existence of the second card now that I've taken it out. I did have a system running with both cards recognised but the monitor settings were all wrong and I couldn't run the yast control panel to change them without locking the system.
At least I can get a single monitor system running, which is an improvement. I like GUIs - as thick as two short planks when it comes to command lines...
Yours in bafflement
Ok, it seems the problems persist no matter if one or two cards are installed, so go ahead and put the Matrox back in for this test. Let's try this then and it will require a bit of command line stuff for a moment, but it's painless. ;o) ctrl-alt-F1 login as root at root prompt type: init 3 (this stops X, kills all graphics) now type: sax2 -m 0=nvidia (this should start sax2 gui using the nvidia card as the base) If all goes well, sax2 should start, make your settings for both cards, be sure to test when it asks, save and finish. back at your prompt, if everything worked correctly type: init 5 (this will restart X & KDE) Lee