I have Red Hat Linux 7 but the Xconfigurator won't detect my video card which is NVIDIA GeForce 2MX.the problem comes when i should select the type of the chip.it's not there(i don't know what to choose).should i install its drivers and how?
please,tell me if there is something important i'm missing. by the way...i'm new to Linux. thanks to all of you |
Most likely it isn't supported by your version of Xfree86, you need to most likely go to http://www.xfree86.org and see there if they have any newer versions that support your card or find on their lists what drivers that might support your video now.
Good Luck |
OK,now i know that i need xfree86 4.0.3(it supports my vcard).but how can i get it and use it since i can work only
from the command line of Linux? |
You should be able to ftp into their site.
ftp.xfree86.org and the latest version should be in the /pub directory. This is all considering if you have your internet connection working or not. |
OK,what shell i do after downloading xfree86 4.0.3?how could i replace it with the old one.i downloaded it under win ME.
sorry if that sounds very stupid but i have no idea how to cope with it. i'd really appreciate if you explain me in detail how to do this. thanks a lot |
GeForce 2MX
Hello,
You may visit this site, "http://people.redhat.com/jabbott/vidcards.html" It's for RH 6.2, but give it a try, it might work also for 7 |
Hi,
I just installed Linux for the first time last night. I am using RedHat 7 with a geforce2 MX video card and initally had the same problems as yourself. A quick boot back into windoze and a search of the web found the answer to my problems in the form of this article: http://www.evil3d.net/articles/linux.../printer.shtml I ran Xconfigurator first (just type "Xconfigurator" at the prompt) and went through the steps. I can't remember exactly what I did but I know that I selected "Don't probe" and selected all the defaults and that I selected my monitor and various video resolutions. Once Xconfigurator was finished (it just said "Starting X Server" or something, brought up a blue screen and then left me at the command prompt - not too reassuring!) I followed the rest of the article word for word. I ran the ls /usr/src command and it showed that I had linux, linux-2.2.16 and redhat so I skipped the next two bullet-pointed steps and continued on at "NVIDIA Kernel Drivers". If any of that doesn't make any sense then don't worry, just print out the article I pointed you towards and follow it - it's easy! Once everything's installed okay just use the command "startx" to start your x server! A few other tips: I didn't need to use the "insmod sgpgart agp_try_unsupported=1" stuff but used it anyway just to be safe. Once you've got everything working properly go to applications>gedit and open your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, find the line (under the "Screen 0" section) that sets the default colour depth/resolution or something and change it from 8 to 16. There's no point having a Geforce2 MX only to run it in 256 colours! ;) You'll have to have downloaded the NVidia tar files from http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html Just in case you didn't know about this, Linux doesn't automatically read MSDOS formatted floppies, you have to "mount" the floppy first: mount -t msdos /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy You can then access the floppy through /mnt/floppy and can copy the nvidia files to your root directory (so that you can follow the tutorial - it's all done from the root directory) by using a command such as cp /mnt/floppy/NVIDIA... / where "..." is the rest of the filename. Alternatively an easier way to access MSDOS disks is through the use of the mdir and mcopy commands: To see what's on the a: drive (floppy): mdir a: To copy a file from the a: drive (floppy to root in this case): mcopy a:foo.txt / I both these cases the "m" stands for "msdos" I hope that's all of help to you! If you need any more help then my e-mail address is conor@ceonsystems.com All the best... Conor |
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