I am pretty sure I did the actual installation correct, I have done it before. But more recently, on my home computer I have been getting the following error: "Cannot start X Server on Card 0" or something to that extent.

It then asks me to change the configuration, I am presented with a GUI that allows me to change my display options (like amount of colors, manufacteur of cards) I always select the correct options, but it still gives me the error.

Any help would be appreciated.

What distro are you using ??? Did you do the install from "outside" X ?? Did you try and install as root ?? Is the 7800GS supported by the drivers ??? If you can't start X at all you may have to revert to the standard VESA diplay mode by manually editing the Xorg.conf file, that way you can start X, open a browser to download the latest Nvidia Linux Bianaries.

Sorry, I'll explain a little more.

I downloaded the IA32

I went into terminal (all of this is under root)
I updated/installed my Kernel and Kernel-Devel.
Then I rebooted into run level 3
from there I did the whole sh drivername deal, and after it, supposedly, installed.. I tried "start x" it didn't allow me to start up x (the error in my first post)


I don't know if my 7800GS is supported...

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html is where I dl'ed the file.

Again, what distro are you using?

Normally, installing the nVidia drivers only requires that you download them, run the "sh <driver>" command, and you're done. If you're using SuSE, there's one more step of running 'sax2'. If startx doesn't work, then it sounds to me like your xorg.conf file (in the /etc/X11 directory) may not be compatible with your monitor. Can you post it

oh, sorry, my distro (if im understand you correctly) is Fedora Core 5.

my Xserver has hit the fans, I do believe my video card or my LG (though the numbers are correct on the display menu in Linux) Monitor is not compatible.

What menu ??? What numbers ??, the resolution ??

Assuming that you installed the nVidia driver correctly (and it sounds like you probably did) then if X doesn't work the next place I'd look would be in your xorg.conf file because there may be a setting or parameter that is inappropriately set for your system. As I mentioned before, if you post your xorg.conf file, that would be very helpful.

As a general comment, and to echo what mike160 has indicated, it's essential to provide specific technical details when seeking help for a video issue, namely:

Distro and version number
Monitor, make/model
Video card, make/model
Relevant config files (in this case, the contents of xorg.conf, which should be in /etc/X11)
Commands you've run, along with any error or system messages

Remember that nobody else can see what you're seeing with your PC, so we have to rely on the info that you provide in the posts. In this situation, most modern monitors will simply not render a video signal if it's outside their technical specs, and thus the screen will remain black. To fix it, it's usually just a simple matter of editing the config file to be compatible with your monitor and graphics card, but to do that, we need to know *exactly* what they all are.

Please don't take any of this as scolding (that's not my intent at all) but providing the additional info will help us assist you. Thanks MasterEnglisher