Brian Parish wrote: > > OK, my powerpack arrived! A fresh install does all the things I would > hope and expect it to do, but for a glitch with my graphics card. I > have an nVidia GEforce 2 MX400. Chose the lastest Xfree with > acceleration during the install. Login and type startx > > Screen goes blank for about 30 seconds, then I get an nVidia splash > screen, then finally KDE comes up. Acceleration is obviously working as > Tux zooms very nicely after those herring, but the entire system will > hang to the point where Ctrl-Alt-Backspace does nothing and I can't even > ping the machine. Reset button time! > > OK, so I get rid of xfree 4.2.whatever, go back to the previous > 4.something-else without acceleration and everything is stable. But Tux > of course is a major casualty. :-( > > Can anyone offer a way to make it stable AND accelerated? > > TIA > > Brian >
Look at LM's site for nvidia instructions they have special ones there for your card. Femme -- Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert
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