Re: [newbie] New Video Card Setup - HELP!!

[Jason Greenwood]

The other option perhaps is to boot into knoppix and if it works fine 
then copy your XF86Config/-4 files over the mandrake ones and then 
reboot. I find the Knoppix hardware detection/configuration to be almost 
flawless. After that, you can update to the latest greatest drivers.

Cheers

Jason

Greg Meyer wrote:

On Tuesday 08 July 2003 08:10 am, Tango Echo wrote:
 

Hi all,

After following Stephen's advice, I purchased the
GeForce FX 5600 256MB video card.  Not really acting
to intelligently, I simply powered down the computer,
swapped the cards, and started the dual boot system.
XP found the card fine, but MDK 9.1 kicks into the
console.
1. How can I configure the video card from the console
so I can get back into KDE?
2.  I know the FX 5600 has its own updated drivers
from the nVidia web site that I would like to be
installed.  How does this play into it?  Do I have to
do the basic setup from the console to get KDE up and
running, then install the updated drivers?
   

Normally what you would do is to download the drivers ahead of the switch, 
switch the hardware, boot to init 3, run the installer and then restart init 
5.  Now, you could use a text based editor like links or lynx to download 
them, or put your old video card back for a few minutes, or download them on 
another comuter and burn a cd, etc.

 

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