On Tuesday 17 January 2006 19:03, M.Blackmore wrote: > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok, remove the Matrox card and rerun the steps I suggested. If it works then, it's quite likely the new nVidia driver just doesn't like sharing things. If you get the same "lost card" thing, then try: sax2 -r That command will make it do a new search. You can also do sax2 -p, which will give you info on what sax2 has found in the system either in PCI or AGP or both. Might be a good idea to try that first just to see if it's finding your card/s. Since you are using a LCD monitor and I've found those can be somewhat problematic for sax2, you might also try sax2 -l, to see if using a lores screen will get into the setup gui. Lee --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
