SillyDog701

[yoctobyte]

I installed Suse Linux with a 64MB DDR Nvidia video card. Once the process ended and boot, I cannot see anything in the monitor.

I tried to download the driver from Nvidia website. Simply the Yast interface was not displayed so I cannot click in the right spots.

Someone told me to boot from console, but the splash screen is not displayed!!!

Pls some advice. Thanks.

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[Z_God]

What do you see when you are in SUSE?

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[yoctobyte]

I see like a TV with a lot of interference, but with the line green and blue.
Tha fact is that I cannot install the driver with YOU nor with Yast.

Thanks

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[Z_God]

When you have downloaded the driver, you must do this:
Press CTRL+ALT+F1 to get to a console.
Log in as root
cd to the directory with the driver file
make the file executable with: chmod +x ./filename of driver here
then type: init 3
and run the executable with: ./filename of driver here
If the setup needs your kernel source to compile the kernel module, you need to install the kernel source package with gcc and make through Yast.
After the setup, use emacs or jmacs or another editor to edit your XF86Config with something like: jmacs /etc/X11/XF86Config
In that config, you need to change the driver from nv to nvidia.
In emacs/jmacs you can then save and exit with CTRL+X, CTRL+S, CTRL+X, CTRL+C.
Then type: init 5
And the NVidia driver should work.

If some of this stuff seems to be non obvious, look in the SUSE guide, the NVidia readme and maybe also look for other guides. They might explain these steps more clearly. This should give you a general idea though.

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[Edward]

The same thing happened when I first installed SuSE.

In this particular instance, the monitor resolution selected was not supported by the monitor, which resulted in a blank screen.

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[Antony]

My first guess, the video card and screen resolution issue.

(I am not an expert in Linux, but) the the screen (display) is usually the problem when setting up Linux. Try lower down the resolution/refresh rate in the configuration.

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[yoctobyte]

Hello U all.

I think is not a resolution issue. I instead used a 32MB TNT Ultra video card and Suse boot up with no problem. In fact, the real problem was at the moment of installation of the graphics accelerator. I download the driver, go thru Yast with no success.

Thanks.

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[yoctobyte]

I instead installed Red Hat 9.0 and... BOOM!!! No problem (with Nvidia 64MG DDR Video card).

However, I was never been able to connect to the internet using Red Hat (8.0 nor 9.0). So, for me was useless. I had to go back to Windows...(.

Thanks again.

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[Antony]

for installing of SuSE,

Try select a correct video drive, if not work, lower down the specification.

For internet connection. Firstly, make sure Red Hat can see your network card and have a correct drive for it. Otherwise, try genetic ones.

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[yoctobyte]

Well, how a TNT Ultra 32MG can sustain a 1024X768 resolution @ 32bits and a 64MB DDR Video Geforce 4 cannot?

It is a driver issue. I hope that in the future, Nvidia post more friendly drivers. I will built a new PC for Linux and I will not purchase a Nvidia video card. Maybe creative or ATI Radeon. They loose, not me!!

Red Hat, is another story. I change the modem and upon POST, the OS recognize the new hardware and asked me to delete the previous drivers and installed the new ones. I agree.

At the moment of setting up the conection, the modem disappeared from the modem set-up dialog box.

Thanks.

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