i installed nvidia video card driver, edited XFree file, ( u know, the usual)
but it seems like my computer is not using the video card? like when i try to watch a movie, the colour is still sort of black and whitish (plz dun tell me to edit the option in my video player (mplayer) cause i already have and it doesnt do anything)

so what's going on? before when i was using mandrake 9.2 and 10 rc1, as long as i can start X with nvidia, i can watch movie with real colour, but right now i can start X, but the colour is still the original no-video-card colour...

help plz, thx!

p.s: i am now using mandrake 10 community. also this time i noticed that i have to type modprobe nvidia before i start X for the first time, or else it won't work i dunno why

First, to fix the having to type 'modprobe nvidia' every time, you can just put stuff like that in one of your rc files (/etc/rc.d/rc.local, for instance), and it'll do it automatically. I don't know why it does that either.

Also, mine did the same thing after installing the nvidia drivers. Video looked mostly black & white, but greens and yellows were still kinda there. At least, it did that with Xine. Mplayer works fine for me, for some reason. I think it has to do with the nvidia driver only being able to work with some X video extensions and not others. In other words, way beyond my expertise. I'd love to know how to fix it so I could go back to using Xine, which I liked better..

ya the thing is i dindt have this problem with mandrake 9.2 and mandrake 10 rc1, but with mandrake 10 community it has the problem...

well since no one bothers to reply, i'll have to help myself =)

indterminate, the way to fix this color problem is by adjusting your hue in your video player to zero. i dun know why this works, but when you do that your normal colours should return...
found this from another forum, the other person didnt know why either.

What kernel version came with your Mandrake Com. distro? Is it 2.6.X series becuase there was a lot of fuss with that?If not try downloading the drivers from the website and redoing your xfree86.config file i could send you mine but its for a dell laptop but im sure with some mods you can get it to work right with your computer

Thanks santasballz! Well, now as soon as Xine stops freezing immediately after opening, I can get that little problem fixed.

thx for the help, but i think its OK now. apparantly the driver installed OK and everything was OK, i just had to adjust the HUE to make it work... strange how i never had to do it in rc1 and 9.2... oh well its all good