Re: X configuration problems
On Wednesday 18 April 2001 11:50 pm, Adam Bender wrote:
> I just installed and configured X Windows on my system. I seem to have
> done it incorrectly, since when it loads, it's a mostly white screen with
> black dots on it. What makes it worse is that it now loads on startup,
> even before I login. How can I prevent it from running so that I can
> reconfigure it so that it will work?
Check to see if you have either xdm, kdm, or gdm installed. If you don't like
any of them, remove them, and you won't start up in X.
> Also, do I need to install a module for my network card? When I ran
> xf86config, my card (NVIDIA GeForce 2) was not listed. Is that a problem?
You mean video card, not network card. ;)
It is listed under xf86config. I believe it's number 320. Of course, if you
want accelerated 3D you're going to have to download Nvidia's drivers
(NVidiaNVIDIA_GLX-0.9-769 and NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-769). Then you'll need to
edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file by uncommenting the "Load glx" and
changing the driver from "nv" to "nvidia".
-- Stephen
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Adam
>
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