Hello everyone,
I just installed Slackware 9.1 for the 1st time today, and unlike I was told it was relatively easy to install. The only problem I had was with Lilo, but I fixed that by setting it up in expert mode (which I felt wasn’t that difficult).

Now I want to use X but so far I have been unable to get it to work. After typing “startx” it starts to boot and then my monitor gives me a message like:

Out of Range
64k 255hz

I have tried to configuring xf86config but I am a newbie and have vary little knowledge of this. I would try installing nvidia driver, but I cant download them tell I get into X and I don’t have a floppy drive on that box.

Thanks for any help!

1) What type of monitor do you have?
2) You can use lynx -- a text based web broweser, to download the nvidia drivers, it works for me.

i have a Cicero monitor, its nothing fancy just a normal CTR monitor.... and i always wondered about about a text based web broweser.

try changing your refresh rates in XF86Config.
also try :
XFree86 -configure then copy the new xf86config to /etc/X11/.
im using nvidia too.. after the fresh install i just used vesa then downloaded the nvidia drivers later.

if i play with xf86config enough i can get it to boot into KDE but it looks really bad! everything it HUGE and low quility.

tomorrow i will download the nvidia, i hope that will fix things up.

thanks for all the help

ok i have been wokring on it for the last few days without success. i installed the NVIDIA drivers nothing. so i switched to the NVIDIA sample config... with that i can load a NVIDA splash page and then X fails :\

any advice?

I GOT IT WORKING.... YAY

i just used the vesa config and tweaked it a bit... now it works

hehe vesa... well nvidia is much better i guess..
try changing your refresh rates.. this usually works with other monitors try it:
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 90.0

i took the vesa config and set it yo use the NVIDIA driver and it worked