Nvidia nforce2 mobo/graphics problem

Sat Jul 3 11:39:38 UTC 2004

Greetings,

I installed FC2 from the standard DVD on a machine with the following 
hardware:

- Soltek SL75FRN2-L motherboard with nVidia nForce2 chipset
- nVidia FX5200 AGP graphics card
- Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio
- Wireless M$ keyboard and mouse

Install went pretty smoothly although it took forever before the 
graphical installer came up. After installation, I ran apt to update all 
components including the kernel. I then found the following glitches:

- No sound (no manner of alsamixer fiddling would get it working)
- Graphics identified as Generic nVidia. On my 17" NEC LCD monitor, with 
resolution set
  to 1280x1024 (works perfectly in XP), the picture is larger than the 
monitor can display.
  Does not appear to be something which can be fixed by resizing the 
image using the controls
  on the monitor, it actually seems as if FC2 is sending a higher 
resolution to the monitor than
  what is set in the display settings
- Tried installing the nVidia drivers from their web site. It installed 
(complained about the
  rivafb stuff but I don't have one so doubt that module loads) but then 
when I reboot the system
  hangs just after the graphical bootsplash screen has come up. The 
nVidia splash screen did appear.
- Booting into runlevel 3 only brings me as far as the login prompt, but 
the system does not
  accept any keyboard input! Anything typed at the Login: prompt is 
instantly erased so I have no
  possibility to login. Same thing if booting from the rescue CD. Could 
this be anything to do
  with my wireless keyboard?

Only option is to reinstall from the DVD.

Can anyone suggest what I could do to get the display drivers working, 
before I reinstall?

thanks,
/POL

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