Hi Adam, I can't solve the problem, but I may have some useful info...
I just bought a laptop that comes with a GeForce FX Go5200 chip. When I install the current driver provided on nVidia's web site, I see the same thing you're seeing. An nVidia employee who patrols their forums said that their current driver doesn't support my chip, but that the next version will and that we should expect that driver Real Soon Now. Now, nVidia's website does claim that their current driver supports your chip, so I don't suspect you have an unsupported chip. Our symptoms are similar though. - Christian > > From: Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/07/18 Fri AM 04:45:30 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [XFree86] Problems running XF86 4.3.0 with nvidia geforce fx5200 ultra AGP > > Hi forgive me if this isn't the place to ask, but I've tried nvidia help forums > with little effect (sorry if any nvidia people are on the list). > > Running mandrake 9.1 on athlon 1.1, with kt-133 motherboard and a geforce fx > 5200 ultra AGP. > > When I use driver "nv" in the XF86Config-4 file it works fine (obviously now 3d > accel). However, when I use "nvidia" here, I just get a black screen (the > monitor flickers to VGA, but with no output). X crashes, but the linux machine > doesn't (I can SSH into it and see what's gone wrong). However, there is little > information to go on. > > I've installed the driver (see the log at > http://www.monkeez.co.uk/linux/xconfig/nvidia-installer.log ) > > with this config - > http://www.monkeez.co.uk/linux/xconfig/new/XF86Config-4 > > which doesn't produce any errors in a log file. > > I've made sure that my Bios is set so that IRQ points to VGA. I've also made > sure that the module is loaded at boot time in /etc/modules. lsmod shows that > the module is loaded. I've also tried using agpgart - which makes no difference. > I've also switched off plug n play in Bios. > > Is there anything I'm missing? > > Thanks in advance. > adam > -- > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
