Hi Mel,
It sounds as though you could use The Nvidia modules for X and the kernel.
They are available At Nvidias site www.nvidia.com.
1. Get the rpms
2. Install as root (you must have the kernel source installed)
3. Modify your XF86Config-4 as follows:
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer <<<<<<<<<<<<<------ Make sure this is loaded for GL 3D
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"
Driver "nvidia" <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<------- Modify the driver like this.
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
All the best, Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Bev Broadhurst
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 12/10/02 9:14 PM
Subject: (clug-talk) new box - linux install problems
Hi gang.
I've recently purchased a new box, specs as follows.
Pentium 4, 1.8 Gh on a Gigabyte mother board
256 Mb ram
2 hard drives of 40 Gb each
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 video card with 64 Mb ram
Windows XP (I still need it for my accounting software) on its own 5 Gb
partition on the first hard drive.
I have tried to install Debian on the second drive where I previously
had it on my old system. Got as far as installed the base system and
rebooted. Messages got to the point where it was freeing up unused
kernal memory and just hung.
I then tried to install Red Hat 7.3 on several partitions on the first
drive and everything seemed to go fine untill I rebooted again. This
distro got just about all the way to starting X and then the screen kept
flickering and eventually I got the following message.
INIT: Id "X" respawning too fast.
disabled for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes this was repeated.
Does anybody have any ideas for me? Thanks in advance.
Regards
Mel
