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Old 09-18-2006, 04:51 AM   #1
tyfobpo
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help with screen all messed up


ok, i just bought a new computer the other day. i ran suse on my comp i had b4, and ran good for the most part, minus the fact that i was still trying to learn to use it. on my other computer, linux found all my drivers. this time, it found nothing, no nic, sound, or most important, video. i dont know how im supposed to fix the video when i can barley see anything opn the screen, its all to scrambled and messed up. my video card is an Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE. just wanna know how i can get drivers or something, since i cant even see anything. thanks.
 
Old 09-18-2006, 10:09 AM   #2
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When the bootscreen (grub) appears, press F3 (if I remember correctly) to open some kind of command-line. Here, type a plain "3". This should bring you to a readable command-line, where you can login as root and run "sax2" to configure your card properly. If this doesn't work, you can run "yast" from command-line and install the nvidia drivers via online update.
 
Old 09-19-2006, 12:45 AM   #3
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well now i went ahead and switched to fedora core5. at first the internet wasnt working, but i updated the kernel and it fixed that. i have video, just bad resolution. does fedora use yum? ive never used yum b4, but ive heard it good. guessing thats what i use to update stuff like the nvidia drivers and all, am i correct?
 
  


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