bigc5384, 2003-Apr-08 13:37 -0400: > Hi all, > > > I have a dell Inspiron 4100 (PIII, 20GB, 256MB, Nvidia GForce 2 GO)and > have installed Debian 3.0 (woody) I?am having problems getting X to run on > it. I have tried many different configs using the ?nv? driver provided > with XFree86 and have not had any luck the screen just blinks and error > comes up and says no screens found. I have also tried to use Xserver SVGA > and the same thing happens. I have been searching around for some answers > and have only found people saying that you have to install the nvidia > drivers into a custom built kernel. I wanted to know if someone can help > me step by step on how to build a custom kernel and what files I need to > include the nvidia driver and modules. Any help would be greatly > appreciated!
Try running "XFree86 -configure". It will detect the video h/w and create a config file. I doesn't always get the mouse right, but you can edit the file to fix that. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User
