Ed McCanless wrote: > Hi all, > I am planning to install a GeForce FX 5500 AGP card in my Suse 10.1 > system. I am familiar with the physical procedure (have removed the > Wimshurst machine from the room). > Can I expect the system to recognize the card and give me a usable > display, or do I need to make some adjustments before I install? > > -ED- > > P.S. Its good to be getting all the list mail again!
Simple deal. 1. Yank the old one. Install the new one. 2. Pass "runlevel 3" as a boot parameter to start in console mode. or just boot and ctrl+alt+backspace to get to the console. 3. If the old card wasn't nVidia, see AND follow: http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA download the new driver from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_100.14.19.html you can download the driver from the command line with: "wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/100.14.19/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run"; "sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run -q" to install (us lynx as the text mode browser if you need to.) 4. After driver install, configure the display, as root: "sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia" 5. If all is good, "telinit 5" to get the kdm login back. 6. It all is not good, see step 3 again. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
