On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 17:05 -0500, BandiPat wrote: > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ok, it seems the problems persist no matter if one or two cards are > installed, so go ahead and put the Matrox back in for this test. Let's > try this then and it will require a bit of command line stuff for a > moment, but it's painless. ;o)
<feels molar gingerly> > > ctrl-alt-F1 > login as root > at root prompt type: init 3 (this stops X, kills all graphics) Already in there - not booting to gui > now type: sax2 -m 0=nvidia (this should start sax2 gui using the nvidia > card as the base) > If all goes well, sax2 should start, Whoops... SaX: ups lost card during probing ... abort pooter:~# Which card I wonder, did it lose? I stumbled across something in yast which indicates that the OS knows about the matrox millenium card, under system>pci drivers>pci card setup The matrox is listed as being in there, but I don't know what to do with it (add it? What criteria/settings?)... Ooohh, I suppose this is character forming. So is trying to run a gui (xfce4) on a 128mb P350 - but, hey, at least that one works! Well, with patience. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
