unable to read screen (in text mode) after log off from GUI

[Jonathan Berry]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:36:25 -0800 (PST), Charles Li <cli168 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jonathan,
> Sorry for the delay.  I must have deleted your reply.
> Just saw your reply from the archive.

No problem.  I'm CCing this back to the list.  Use reply-to-all to
send to both me and the list.

> Yes, its a zv5000z HP laptop with nvidia video card.
> Everything is all scrambled.
> Where would I get the nvidia binary driver?

Just head over to www.nvidia.com  Click on Download Drivers, the
select Graphics Driver, then GeForce, then Linux IA32 or AMD64,
depending on which processor you have and which version of Fedora you
installed (only use the AMD64 version if you have an Athlon 64 and are
using Fedora x86_64).  You'll need version 6629 to work with the
latest FC3 kernels.  You'll probably also need to add this line to
/etc/modprobe.conf
options nvidia NVreg_Mobile=0

> Where can I get information on using the framebuffer?

I don't really know as the framebuffer (called rivafb) conflicts with
the binary driver and so I don't use it.  There is an R3000 / zv5000
mailing list here:
http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000
You might sign up and post a question there, as I know there are some
who just refuse to use the binary drivers who may have this setup.

> I will upload the other info soon.
> 
> Thanks,
> Charles Li

Hope this helps,
Jonathan