Using DVI LCD monitors in fedora

[Graham Campbell]

On Sun, 2004-10-10 at 13:52, John Davin wrote:
> Sorry if this is not the proper place to ask, but I don't know any better 
> place.
> 
> I recently installed Fedora Core 2, and expected that DVI monitor support 
> would be something that would work "out of the box" since it's such a 
> common feature now. 
> But it doesn't work - I can get console on DVI, but when I start X, I just 
> get a blank screen - or sometimes it goes berserk and starts flashing 
> weird gray static.
> 
> My graphics card is a GeForceFX 5200, and I have installed the Nvidia 
> driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run).
> 
> Anyone know how to get DVI to work in fedora?
> 
> thanks,
> -John

As a quick check, there are lots of quirks regarding LCD displays and
the Nvidia driver. Check NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1/usr/share/doc to
see if any apply to your situation.
-- 
Graham Campbell <gc1111 at optonline.net>