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first of all i would like to thanks everyone in this fourm and if u please just please to be pathient with me becouse i recentally i buy the hp pavilion zd7375ea and i spent about a weak tell now with the problems that i faced with redhat 9 first my vga driver(nvidia geforce 5700go) was not configured so i download the nvidia driver and install it and read the manual for the tuning with XF86Config but it didn't do thing then i spent a while searching for the XF86Config file in the net so i found about 3 or 4 files and try it they work with me and my X service start well but after i work in the gui mode if i log off or restart or shutdown the system my screen went white and then black with tiny white dots(too many dots) but in the vesa driver the text mode is working fine but if i go to init 3 then startx again and then if i want to go again to the text mode it go but when starting the x server it wont and tell me that it is already started but i am in the text mode.This is my first problem then the second problem is the sound device it is not working and i can't find anything on the net and also my third problem is the wireless is not configure and the last problem is the mouse(touchpad mouse) is working in the gui but in the text mode it is working but i can't move it down becouse when i try to move it it came up again so if u please can any one help me let's start with the first problem.
hi first i would like to thanks everone reply to me and about the last login when i post this the time was 1 pm so i go to sleep then after i wake up i am now here anyway sorry for the latness here is my XF86Config file
Originally posted by hossam first of all i would like to thanks everyone in this fourm and if u please just please to be pathient with me becouse i recentally i buy the hp pavilion zd7375ea and i spent about a weak tell now with the problems that i faced with redhat 9 first my vga driver(nvidia geforce 5700go) was not configured so i download the nvidia driver and install it and read the manual for the tuning with XF86Config but it didn't do thing then i spent a while searching for the XF86Config file in the net so i found about 3 or 4 files and try it they work with me and my X service start well but after i work in the gui mode if i log off or restart or shutdown the system my screen went white and then black with tiny white dots(too many dots) but in the vesa driver the text mode is working fine but if i go to init 3 then startx again and then if i want to go again to the text mode it go but when starting the x server it wont and tell me that it is already started but i am in the text mode.This is my first problem then the second problem is the sound device it is not working and i can't find anything on the net and also my third problem is the wireless is not configure and the last problem is the mouse(touchpad mouse) is working in the gui but in the text mode it is working but i can't move it down becouse when i try to move it it came up again so if u please can any one help me let's start with the first problem.
Not sure what your problem is? Did you say you downloaded and replaced your XF86Config with one you found on the net? XF86Config file you posted the original generated by your installation?
Also, looks like you tried to increase your resolution by adding 1440x900 to Depth 16 and the end of Depth 24 but your Default is 24.
So as you have it now it's going to boot Depth 24 at 1024x768.
however, your saying it's just displaying dots so is probably a video driver or monitor sync problem. Is that the correct Video card and monitor you actually have? There's probably more wrong with this file too but it's getting late....
do you see the nvidia splash screen load up after you do startx. did evrything go ok with the driver install?
if you see the screen come up with the nvidia logo, that means your driver is working fine. if you don't see it your driver is not installed. I personally don't see anything wrong with your xorg. If you see the logo and then nothing shows on the monitor , it is from the vertical and horizontal refresh rates. did you change those from the files you found online? when did your screen go blank? I am not understanding everything. Are you saying it worked at first, then you logged on and changed something and then it didn't work? I would say to compare the horizontal and vertical rates with the ones that the vesa driver is using. use the same rates. Is that a laptop or a desktop. You are saying you are using RH9, did you install the kernel sources before you install the nvidia driver. I remember i had to do that when i used to run RH 9 long long time ago
however, your saying it's just displaying dots so is probably a video driver or monitor sync problem. Is that the correct Video card and monitor you actually have? There's probably more wrong with this file too but it's getting late....
From what I know so far, I am going more for the monitor sync(the rates). If you have changed a lot on your file and you don't know what you changed, I would say start from scratch with the vesa xorg, to be on the safe side. Do not EVER use someone elses xorg file for your configuration. Everyone's system is different. When it comes to monitors you can really fry your screen with faulty rate. you can change stuff like resolution, mouse, driver, stuff like that. Change your rates only if you know what they are supposed to be. it is almost impossible to guess and it is dangerous.
hi againg it seems that everyonr don't understand what is going wrong with me first i put this setting from the net not the default setting i have and yes i can see the nvidia logo at the startup and i am working fine in the gui mode the graphical mode but if i want to go ot the text mode like pressing ctrl alt f4 or type init 3 or ever shutdown os log off or restart so i see many and tiny white spot then the screen is going complete white then black then it hang and i don't see the text mode and when i get this file from the net i didn't change anything on it one more thing the monitor type is 17 inch widescreen xbright one this is it. by the way your spelling is perfect and thank you and forgive me fo the weak spelling
one more thing what kernal if you mean the nvidia driver yes i install it then read the manual for the tuing in the XF86Config file then i get the XF86Config the one i have from the net
so everything works perfect until you try to shut your X?
go to your /etc/X11 and see if you have xorg.conf.old or xorg.conf-vesa, sorry you are runninf xf86. see if you have any other xf86Config files and post what they are. Don't post the actual files, just the names. If everything is working fine until you try to shut off X, I would ask the same question in the RedHat forum, if I were you. You cannot go to text mode after you try to shut X? try pressing ctrl-alt-backspace when you are in X, see what happens. Also when it does the funny looking color stuff, try to do the same. I hope that will get you to text mode so we can get some error messages that may pop up.
one more thing what kernal if you mean the nvidia driver yes i install it then read the manual for the tuing in the XF86Config file then i get the XF86Config the one i have from the net--> don't worry about it anymore, your driver is working fine, it is irrelevant now. BTW It's 3:30 AM here in US, and I may go to bad in like 30 mins.
hi again i try alt ctrl back space but it didn't work and about the XF86Config file i have one i made it before puting the file from the net i name it XF86Config.org but this one is not configured well has a vesa driver for the vga i try to work with it and see if it will do this issue with a vesa driver it didn't make it and it is working fine i can go to the text mode but after i go to the text mode and startx i go to the gui mode but if i try to type init 3 it go to the text mode but when i try to startx it tell me that it is already runinig and i can't go to the gui mode all this with the origianl file.
please try to write in sentences. spelling is not as important as breaks are. I did not understand when you are referring to
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i can't go to the gui mode all this with the origianl file.
i don't understand which one is the original file, the one with the vesa driver or the one with the nvidia driver? If everything works with fine with the vesa driver, erase the one with the nvidia driver and use the one with the vesa driver, only do the changes described in the NVIDIA README- Load "GLX" and erase the Load "Dri", and I believe there was one more thing, just read the readme. After you do that, startx again and try init 3. if you get same error, i cannot help. If after all that stuff doesn't work, I would ask my question in RedHat forum, since that seems to be RH problem. So you cannot shut your RH properly?
no the one with the vesa driver i get 800x600 res. and the one i get it from the net is the one i get with it the nvidia logo and 1440x900 but i was trying other res. so that my post come with the res. 1024x768 wit the vesa driver 800x600 it is working fine but with the other one i get 1440x900 but i can't go to init3 so i have two choice if i want to go init 3 i must use the org. one and get 800x600 res. or use the fine one and get 1440x900 but can't go to the init 3 did you get me now
OK I got you, I think that I understand why it's not working now. load the one that is 800x600 and I'll try to help you to try to fix it. I assume it's not working because the one you used for the net is not for your system. post the one that is 800x600 here as well, so I can see it. erase the one you are using now(or change its name), and change the name of the 800x600 one so you''ll be using that one instead.
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