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Old 01-01-2005, 10:22 PM   #1
baddogg79
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9.1 pro and Geforce fx 5500


Im a bit confused on this. I currently have a GeForece FX5000 agp card. Im running Suse 9.1 Pro. I installed the drivers. with the directions on the nvidia site. I check in sax2 and it still using vesa frame buffer. I run tux racer and it moves fine. I do the glxinfo and i get

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

Error: unable to open display (null)

any advice? I have been trying to get it right for a couple days now. I still a newb

edit: when i restart the xsession i do get the brief nvidia spashscreen

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Old 01-02-2005, 05:43 PM   #2
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Old 01-02-2005, 06:07 PM   #3
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