Hi all,

I have a bit of a problem, and I can't figure it out. I recently bought a BFG Technologies Nvidia GeForce 6200 256 mb video card and I can't get it to work properly in linux. I installed it in my other windows box, and it works fine. I followed the directions from nvidia and intalled their drivers, but it isnt working correctly. I have the card module loading correctly, and X loads without errors, but the video is really really dark. Before X loads everything is fine. As soon as it loads it gets extremely dark so I have to turn my monitor brightness all the way up to even read what is on the screen. I can't find anything on the net about this problem so I am stumped as my linux hardware kung fu is minimal. Think anyone can help me? I wish I could take a screenie of it to show you, but it doesnt work right.

Ok, here is the rig:

AMD 2400+
512 ddr 333
via chipset
nvidia 6200
fedora core 3

If you need more just ask..

Thanks!

Try to run nvidia-settings. If I remember good, you can tweak brightness there.

Hi,
I have exactly the same problem than you, actually it seems that the last nvidia driver doesn't support the geforce 6200 agp (even if the nvidia supported hardware list includes it), i saw an answer of nvidia in its forum that the 6200 will be supported in the next release of the driver.

Thank you nvidia !

Hi all!

NVidia has just released the new driver yesterday (1th June)!!!
The readme says that it supports 6200 AGP!
I was thinking to buy a 6200 AGP card...
If you tested the new driver and it works, please let me know!

I just tried the 7664 nvidia driver with an Asus n6200 card and it does indeed work. Tested on a Redhat 9 box.

Thank you very much melakwa for your comment!
I will definitely buy then a 6200 card!