Oh, I've just noticed something - Monitor 1 (there is no monitor two mentioned!) doesn't have any name attached to the video card setting, tho' its recognsied the IIyama LCD monintor model correctly.
Hmmm. On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 21:14 +0000, M.Blackmore wrote: > On Sat, 2006-01-14 at 18:10 -0500, BandiPat wrote: > > On Saturday 14 January 2006 17:17, M.Blackmore wrote: > > > Total lock up with two different nvidia cards (fx5500, followed by > > > 5200), won't install graphics on installation of Suse 10 (Linux > > > Magazine UK version DVD - good on Linux Mag!!). > > > > I've had mixed success so far. > > The systems also got a matrox millenium pci card for a second display, > which I have had in and out of the box, and played with pic slot irq > assignations etc. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Have you tried removing the Matrox card to see if things begin to work > > normally? > > Nope, doing that didn't work initially using sax2/yast tools - lockup. > > I did, however, set up a basic nvidia generic driver using xf86config, > and that seemed to enable something enough to run sax2, and I was then > able to set up the nvidia card and monitor using the pointyklikky tools > that lusers like me like... however, no second card with this. > > > You might also check your /var/log/messages file or the > > Xorg.0.log for errors/help in what's happening. > > Had a look at those but didn't mean anything to me - a reflection of my > ignorance. But didn't seem to be anything saying "failed" or whatever. > System just hangs on running sax2. > > > Are you saying the > > setup doesn't work with either the SuSE supplied nv driver or nVidia's > > driver? > > > Yes, problem was with both. > > OK, now if I was able to, with both the matrox card in and out of the > system, do something with xf86config that enabled sax2 to run, how can I > set up the second PCI slot card as well using the same method - it might > work?? > > Sax2 isn't recognising the existence of the second card now that I've > taken it out. I did have a system running with both cards recognised but > the monitor settings were all wrong and I couldn't run the yast control > panel to change them without locking the system. > > At least I can get a single monitor system running, which is an > improvement. I like GUIs - as thick as two short planks when it comes to > command lines... > > Yours in bafflement > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
