Re: Dell Inspiron 4100 Nvidia Gforce2 GO Problem
bigc5384, 2003-Apr-08 13:37 -0400:
> Hi all,
>
>
> I have a dell Inspiron 4100 (PIII, 20GB, 256MB, Nvidia GForce 2 GO)and
> have installed Debian 3.0 (woody) I?am having problems getting X to run on
> it. I have tried many different configs using the ?nv? driver provided
> with XFree86 and have not had any luck the screen just blinks and error
> comes up and says no screens found. I have also tried to use Xserver SVGA
> and the same thing happens. I have been searching around for some answers
> and have only found people saying that you have to install the nvidia
> drivers into a custom built kernel. I wanted to know if someone can help
> me step by step on how to build a custom kernel and what files I need to
> include the nvidia driver and modules. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated!
Try running "XFree86 -configure". It will detect the video h/w and
create a config file. I doesn't always get the mouse right, but you
can edit the file to fix that.
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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