Worked like a champ. I'll be writing this up (since it
wasn't a straight Red Hat install), and posting it to
linux-laptops.
Andy Ritger([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:42:24AM -0700:
>
> Hi Richard, I saw your post on the Xpert mailing list. Unfortunately,
> I've never seen one of the Gateway laptops. Try passing the NVreg_Mobile
> option to the kernel module with value 5; eg:
>
> modprobe NVdriver NVreg_Mobile=5
>
> I've not been able to test this yet, so I can't say if that will work or
> not, but that's the first thing I would try.
>
> Please let me know what it does for you.
>
> - Andy Ritger
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Richard Dynes wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The Gateway 9550 is claimed to have a GeForce2 GO. It does have an SXGA
> > display.
> >
> > I've installed XFree86 4.1.0, and the two nVidia rpms from their site.
> >
> > I had to rpm -ivh --force the kernel module to get it to modprobe.
> >
> > I've followed the README to the letter, although I still need to
> > modprobe NVdriver before I startx. /etc/modules.conf *does* have the
> > specified alias.
> >
> > But that's not the symptom I'm dealing with:
> >
> > When I startx, the display blanks, and then I get a bunch of horizontal
> > lines on the lower half of the display. I can't switch (meaningfully)
> > back to any of the other VTs: my only option is to restart.
> >
> > I've confirmed that I have the correct resolution on the display
> > (1280x1024).
> >
> > Can I get some guidance?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Richard
> >
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