nvidia GeForce 6600 driver and video problem
Barry Yu
barryyupuilee at sbcglobal.net
Wed Oct 5 14:23:37 UTC 2005
Barry Yu wrote:
> Deepak Shrestha wrote:
>
>> rhgb and SELinux seems to interfere with the
>> installation of nvida driver. you are using FC4 right?
>> have a look at:
>> http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Fedora_Core_4_Linux_Installation_Notes#nVidia:
>>
>>
>> I don't know if it applies to your video card but
>> process must be similar. I had a old nvidia card and
>> followed the installation steps. It works fine for me.
>>
>> --- Barry Yu <barryyupuilee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Downloaded driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run
>>> from nvidia site. During the whole installation process everything
>>> seems fine without error message displayed, but the end result is; Only
>>> can have resolution 600x480 and 800x600, leaving over an inch of empty
>>> space (Black) at 4 sides on display.
>>> The CPU is Athoon XP 1700, any help? Thanks
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________ ___ __ \_____ _____ __ / / /_ _ \_ _ \
>> _ /_/ / / __// __/
>> /_____/ \___/ \___/
>>
>> Send instant messages to your online friends
>> http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
>>
>>
> I did used this installation method, however when I started ;
>
> cp -a /dev/nvidia* /etc/udev/devices
>
> I got a message something like "Thereis not such file or folder", used
> ls /dev/nv* and I don't see the nvidia directory there.
>
>
>
I forgot to tell you that I am using FC3
More information about the fedora-list
mailing list