Installed latest nvidia driver.
Specs:
Slackware 14.1 64 bit
Asrock G41C-gs mother board
Asus geforce 210 video card

Possible solutions - install correct mb drivers for pcie chipset, locate a jumper or bios configuration. Or determine if the card is defective.

Start by examining the Xorg log (/var/log/Xorg.0.log). That might help with the diagnosis. It is a lengthy file, so you want to share it here you might consider uploading it to https://pastebin.com/ and post the link that it provides here.

This might be help as well.
https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:ha...aphics_drivers

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The graphics card details (chipset and driver) would be useful too...

unfortunately I didn't install the 32bit xorg files since I am multilib so I will uninstall, and reinstall later. error not allowing me to mount usb also, which I need to reinstall driver.

x doesn't boot anymore. the problem maybe xorg.conf files and or lack of files.

Please post lsmod and lspci.

for that old 210 card you need the legacy support "340.104 " driver
the " 384.98 " will not work

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check out this thread, see post #20.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...097/page2.html

Not sure though whether it will help but you might get some idea.

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Plus 1.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

Sorry Ive been afk since i Work a lot and can't always come on. Here is some of the data https://pastebin.com/cfXdTJbQ

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 11)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2)
04:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
3.10.17

I will also try reinstalling the legacy driver and see if it works.

Why? I have the same GT218 [GeForce 210] gfxcard specs, except not branded Asus. It works fine with the native Xorg modesetting driver in current versions of openSUSE, Fedora, Mageia and Debian, with LCD displays with native modes of 1680x1050, 1920x1080 and 2560x1080, using both DVI and HDMI cables.

^ i also had the same card (still have it actually), even with the asus branding, but mind you it still is an nvidia card as far as software is concerned.
never had a problem with it; both nouveau and nvidia work, but it benefits from nvidia.

Your Xorg.0.log shows that the nvidia driver is loaded, but there is a problem with the VGA-connected display EDID, so a safe display resolution is chosen instead....

It is possible to work around this by configuring Xorg to ignore EDID and set the display resolution manually. I haven't had to do this in over a decade, but there are countless threads, wiki pages etc showing what needs to be done if you care to search eg....

https://askubuntu.com/questions/7895...verriding-edid
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1539805

Sometimes EDID trouble with a CRT can be solved via a cable change. Many "15 pin" cables only have 14 pins. Changing to one providing all 15 might improve results, as might simply a better quality cable.