I just inserted an NVidia 7800GT and put the computer on a 2000FP monitor and adjusted xorg.conf to the correct refresh rates for my monitor but I just get an unresponsive blackscreen after doing startx. I had X11 properly running with an NVidia QuadroFX 1400 and with a gateway CRT.
Here is my xorg.conf:
# File generated by xorgconfig.
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# **# Refer to the xorg.conf(5x) man page for details about the format of# this file.# **
# **# Module section -- this section is used to specify# which dynamically loadable modules to load.# **
#Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the font modules Load "type1"
# Load "speedo" Load "freetype"# Load "xtt"
# This loads the GLX module Load "glx"# This loads the DRI module# Load "dri"
EndSection
# **# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set# **
Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally# no need to change the default.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath# command (or a combination of both methods)##
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/"# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection
# **# Server flags section.# **
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
# Option "NoTrapSignals"
# Uncomment this to disable the VT switch sequence# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key# events.
# Option "DontVTSwitch"
# Uncomment this to disable the server abort sequence# This allows clients to receive this key event.
# Option "DontZap"
# Uncomment this to disable the / mode switching# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
# Option "Dont Zoom"
# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will# receive a protocol error.
# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"
# Uncomment this to enable the
