ctrl-alt-F9 gives nothing but a flashing cursor at the top.. ctrl-alt-F7 makes the screen sound like its changing resolution, but the screen is still back, and the last line showing in ctrl-alt-F1 (from which I started X) still has (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: Mouse)
and has not returned to the console prompt, though it does if I do ctrl-alt-backspace. then it tells me that the connection to X was broken. any ideas? rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: Ed Tharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 4 January 2002 3:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] 2 Video cards, a inbuilt Matrox Mystique and a 32Mb Nvidia TNT2vanta try ctrl+alt+f9? On Thursday 03 January 2002 13:48, you wrote: > I have the powerpack CD's, so I tried the option of using the nvidia > drivers, and tried just the mesa drivers.. > It gives you the option to use just Xfree 4.x, or Xfree 4.x and the Nvidia > drivers. (it also lists Xfree 3.x and 3.x with experimental 3d drivers.. > but I didn't try them...) > > in the xconfig file, (its X 4.something, whatever is the 8.1 ver 4 Xfree) > the card is identified as a TNT2, and is using the nv driver. wouldnt' a > conflict cause X to crash? > > It just sits there, but the connection to X is still there, If I > ctrl-alt-backspace, I drop back to the console.. so X is running, its just > not doing anything. > > rgds > > Frank > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Onur Kucuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 4 January 2002 2:46 AM > To: Franki > Subject: Re: [expert] 2 Video cards, a inbuilt Matrox Mystique and a > 32Mb Nvidia TNT2vanta > > > > F> Hi all, > > F> I have an IBM 300PL (233mmx, with 160MB ram.) > > F> It has an inbuilt Matrox Mystique with 2MB and I have added a 32mb > TNT2vanta > F> to it. > > F> the Matrox card does not have a jumper to disable it that I can see. > > F> When I run drakxconf, it finds both cards and I ask it to install just > the > F> TNT2. > > F> It does this, and setting the resolution and monitor type go just fine. > > F> however the riva is showing up in the X11 conf file as having 2MB of > ram, F> which is what the bios says the matrox has. > > F> so I corrected that, and changed it to 32768 with is 1024 times 32. > > F> saved that, backed out of the conf file and started X with "startx > icewm" > > F> I get no errors showing up, the system does alot of stuff, but the > screen F> shows nothing at all, its blank.. > F> (this happens with the ram set at 2mb or 32... makes no difference.) > > F> no errors at all, nothing in the logs.. its all go, just a blank screen. > its > F> got me beat... > F> If I go back to the first console, the one I started X from, the last > line > F> on the screen is this: > > F> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: Mouse) > > F> and it just sits there... does that mean its not a video problem??? I > am at > F> a loss as to what it is... > > F> sorta beats the purpose of having a TNT2 in the box hey!!! > > > F> Any ideas on how to disable the inbuilt video, (I downloaded the user > and F> tech manuals from the IBM site, but neither mention disabling the > card.) > > F> So I am in something of a quandry... I don't want to go back to the > Matrox, > F> but its lookin like I will have to. > > > F> rgds > > F> Frank > > > There is a conflict certainly. Did you check what is selected as > driver ? A few lines above the one that you set up your video cards > ram, is it set to "nv" ? > > You can force X to use the certain PCI bus, that is of your tnt2. > lspci ( lispci -v )will give you info about it and all you have to do is > to edit > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. > > I would advice you use the nvidia drivers from nvidia's website. Most > probably it will solve all this without forcing the pci bus. > > Onur Kucuk > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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