NVidia 6600GT video failure

[John Thompson]

On 2008-02-20, Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:40:54 -0600
> John Thompson <john at vector.os2.dhs.org> wrote:
>
>> Is there a secret to getting the nVidia stuff to work?

> As I mentioned earlier today, I just set up my new ATI video card using the
> rpms from livna.  All I had to do was install the driver and log out and log
> back in; from there everything just worked.  (I would have preferred to avoid
> the proprietary driver, but I couldn't figure out how to get the vesa driver to
> provide the proper resolution for my wide-screen monitor.)
>
> Livna also offers rpms for Nvidia, so you might have better luck if you try
> installing it that way.

Thanks... I just tried the livna rpms; same problem, "no screen found."

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John (john at os2.dhs.org)