GeForce4 Ti 4200 and Red Hat 9.0
 

I got Red Hat 9.0 installed on my system, but when it wants to go into the GUI, the Monitor just shuts off. Can someone help me? It seems like its the refresh rate... I have an AOC Spectrum VIr monitor, and a GeForce4 Ti 4200... If you need anything else, let me know.

Have you installed the Nvidia drivers?

Also, its just a matter of tweaking around your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, usually... for the correct horizontal and vertical refresh rates.

Cheers,

Finegan

I really don't know how to edit the /ect/X11/XF86Config file at all. I am a n00b lol. I dont even know how to get the console up... Hey, you gotta start some where, right? I downloaded the nVidia drivers, but where do I put them, and how do I install them lol. Man, sorry for this, I really don't know too much about Linux right now...

Hey buddy,

I'm having the exact same problem you are.
While it may be the vertical/horizontal sync, I don't believe it is.

I have a computer with Geforce2 GTS AGP card with RH9 installed, then another machine with a Banshee (3dfx) card with Rh9 installed.
Both computers have the *same* exact monitor. so I took that computer's configuration for the monitor and put it in my Geforce2 machine configuration, no changes.
I did download the latest drivers, also no changes.
If you find a solution, that'd be great.

Also, to edit in a console, the most common tool (well, that I use) is pico
so the whole command would look like
"[servername@root] pico -w /etc/X11/Xf86Config"

Good luck.

Hmm, well when i get the blank screen its when the startup says "Starting Firstboot:" and then there is no green OK beside it. So when it goes blank I hit CTRL+ALT+F1 and thats what I get... How do I get it to show the [servername@root] part? Thanks... Man do I feel like an idiot....

ha, no reason to feel like an idiot. We've allllll been there man.

there may be a trick to it, I'm sure there're backhand way to do this. If you can actually hit ctrl alt f1 and successfully bring up the login screen
(which looks like login: then password: after you hit enter at login)
make sure you put in root then root's password
if you can't get that far, what I Would do is put in redhat disc 1
type in "linux rescue"
it'll go through some setup-looking phases, and tell you your system is mounted at /mnt/sysimage.

From the the little prompt (I think it looks like "#bash2.05:" or something) type in chroot /mnt/sysimage --- that makes your linux partitions look like normal instead of having to operate under /mnt/sysimage the whole time.

from there, try editing the xf86config file
good luck
(I don't know if Pico is available in rescue mode, you may have to use "less" which is typed in like "less /etc/X11/XF86config", and it's a bit more complicated of a program to use, but not too bad..)

Man, thanks for the reply's... Ill be posting if that worked or not when I get this going... I am about to try it in a few mins, thanks a million!!!!

ok, I did the linux rescue thing, but I tried typing at the prompt "less /ect/x11/xf86config" and it says that there is no such file/directory.... Just to let ya know i tried it in Pico also... It still says the same thing. But pico is in the linux rescue... THANKS!

hey dude.
if you typed in "chroot /mnt/sysimage" as the first thing when you got to the prompt, all should be ok.

If you didn't (or don't want to)
then the command would be
pico -w /etc/X11/XF86Config
:)
Cool to hear they kicked in Pico as part of the tools, good deal.
Let me know.

Tucker,

awesome explination so far man, I'm not really going to interrupt, just one bit: I think gleet might have missed, at least from the above post, that XF86Config and X11 are case sensitive, as is every ugly nastly thing with (Li) (U)nix.

Also, more on ttys, you've got six... once X coughs and dies, you can switch between any of those six terminals with ALT+F1,2,3,4,5,6 You only need to add ctrl to switch to or from X.

Luck,

Finegan

:) Thanks.
I'm a very much of a linux newbie myself, it was/is always frustrating to try to get questions answered when people blow you off, ya know?
Good point on case sensitivity too, I did forget to mention that.
and thanks for the explanation on the ttys too, I forget some of the basic stuff still (here and there :)

Wow... Thanks for the help =). I am off to try and fix this, hopefully this works. I'll keep ya posted, thanks!

still not fixed
 

It is still not fixed... I left town for a bit and kinda gave up, but I want to get it working again...

Bump

Hopefully someone can help me =(, this is a frequent problem I can see, and no one really says a real answer for this.... Please someone help! Thanks!

well your going to have to check a few things....and from what i grasp, you have installed the nvidia drivers and are getting a blank screen....if this is the case, then read on, if not then disregard my post...
first try this by adding it below Driver "nvidia" in your XF86Config file:
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP, TV"
and see if that works....
also try to type /sbin/modprobe nvidia before typing startx and see if the module was not being loaded causing this...
also make sure before you try anything actually, that you have Assign Irq to Vga set to Enabled in the bios and also PnP Aware OS set to disabled...it may be worded different depending on your bios...
also open up your /var/log/xfree86.0.log file and take note of any error messages you see, even warnings for that matter..the lines will start with (EE) if there is an error and (WW) for a warning...
start with all that and get back to us..

didnt get the drivers installed
 

I didnt get any of the drivers installed... They are downloaded, but I cant get anywhere, or get the console up to install them lol. Thanks though!