Cant get puppy 5.1 to work using DVI input to monitor (hp2310m)
Newbie here
I Installed puppy lucid on new hp 64 bit computer, works fine if I use VGA input to monitor, goes blank if I use DVI input. I am using several system such as Windows 7, Ubuntu, Slax, PCLinuxOS, PC/OS, ect... Some distro will work with DVI, some wont. I love to use Puppy to set up the grub boot loader. I keep having to change the monitor cable from DVI to VGA when I switch to different system. Is there a way around this issue? What do I need to do? Thanks RL |
Which ones...
Which of the operative systems connect through DVI? I would guess that Windows with an installed driver would be one, and PCLinuxOS, if you have an Nvidia graphics card also works with DVI. Have you tried to install a proprietary driver with any of the others? |
Thanks for the reply
Windows 7, Ubuntu, Slax 6 work out of the box. PCLinuxOS, Puppy 5.2 will not. I have looked for drivers for the latter OS, couldn,t find. I found a post in a forum that suggest to find and change the following text "OPTION "connected monitor" DPF-1" I have no idea where to look to find that configuration file. I must find some tutorial on Linux |
If it is Nvidia...
Is your card Nvidia? If so and you are using the Nvidia driver, there is a README that may help you to configure your DVI. http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...DME/index.html If you have a graphics card from ATI or an onboard Intel graphics chip, I am out of my depth. Are you booting the distributions from a live-cd or installing them? If the latter, are you trying to use the graphics module that is installed, or have you installed a proprietary driver? If that is the case, are you trying to download a driver from the distribution repository or directly from ATI/Nvidia? The OPTION may be in the your installed "xorg.conf" file, but not all distributions now have one, although such a file can be generated and then edited. What is your HP system and what graphics card does it have? More detailed information will help you receive more qualified answers. http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...Ask_a_Question |
Graphics card
The system is HP with intel quad core processor
The graphics card is ATI RADEON HD 5570 I am booting from the hard drive I have several partitions set up. I use grub bootloader to select OS I use the Graphic module that is installed, I will try to download the driver from ATI. I will search for 'OPTION' in xorg.conf Thanks so much for the help, I will post if I can solve the issue. . |
Xandros also gives you a good grub interface(press F9 whilst booting)
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