RedHat no gui console with DVI flat panel

gquiring · 11-02-2003, 07:37 PM

I installed a GeForce 3 into my RedHat 9 box. With the VGA cable all is well. With the DVI cable only the text works, with GUI the monitor acts as if there is no signal.

Is there something I have to modify to get the DVI output turned on?

Garfi · 11-04-2003, 02:19 AM

Yes, you need to tell X that you are using a DFP. Put the following in your XF86Config file under "Device":

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"

gquiring · 11-04-2003, 05:35 AM

Here is what I placed in X86Config but it did not work:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 3 (generic)"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
EndSection

Garfi · 11-04-2003, 09:45 AM

Ah ok, no the ConnectedMonitor is a property for the 'nvidia' driver from nvidia.com. I have no idea how to make it work with the 'nv' driver =(

LogicG8 · 11-04-2003, 10:04 AM

Is the DVI connection the only one plugged in from power on?
I've had a problem where I couldn't get X to work with DVI b/c
I was swapping VGA and DVI. The BIOS had selected the VGA
connection as the primary display and so X would show up
on VGA but not DVI.

If that doesn't help here are all the options for the nv driver
http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?nv+4

gquiring · 11-04-2003, 02:11 PM

The only cable I have connected is the DVI. So far nothing I have read is making this any better.

lovswr · 11-04-2003, 03:37 PM

Have you tried going from the software 'nv' driver to the (from nvidia) 'nvidia' driver (you get OpenGL hardware acceleration to boot) & then doing as Garfi advised?