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Thread ID: 41005 2003-12-26 19:10:00 Red Hat 9 tweaking, fixing, and making hospitable Jaguar (4442) Press F1
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203343 2003-12-28 20:47:00 Hangs as its doing what though?
Loading X after you've followed the instructionis?
After it boots?
Chilling_Silently (228)
203344 2003-12-28 21:07:00 When it asks if I want to overwrite, do I press Y?

If so, then I did the whole thing and still no luck...
Jaguar (4442)
203345 2003-12-28 21:16:00 I'm beginning to lose hope here. I'll do those instructions again.

By the way, I copied the XF86Config file, not the XF86Config.old
Jaguar (4442)
203346 2003-12-28 21:21:00 Did it again, still no luck... any ideas, or should I reinstall?! :S Jaguar (4442)
203347 2003-12-28 21:23:00 Heading out, be back afternoon. Think away. Jaguar (4442)
203348 2003-12-28 21:45:00 Forget the cp XF86Config XF86Cofnig.old then...
And yes, over-write...

Try re-installing the drivers..
Andy chance you can post here Exactly what happens (In detail...)

As well as the last 10-15 lines of any error message...
Chilling_Silently (228)
203349 2003-12-29 18:20:00 What do I push when it asks me to overwrite?

Anyway, the problem is this: Once all of the XF86Config replacement is completed, there is no change. Out of curiousity, I went into /etc/X11/ and found XF86Config as well as a XF86Config~. There were also some backups.

The problem when Linux is loaded is that I can't read that error message because it is blank. When I choose yes, however, it comes up with a ReadMe type file for XF86Config. The only option from there is Exit.
Jaguar (4442)
203350 2003-12-29 22:28:00 Push Y when it asks you to over-write and hit Enter
That XF86Config~ file was likely created by gedit, as a backup file.

Try this:
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config~ /etc/X11/XF86Config

Then restart X.

After that, always keep a backup of your XF86Config file..

You'll be back to a vesa display, but at least a distplay is better than none, so you can take it at a steady pace if you screw up ;-)

took me about 3 weeks before I got drivers right with Lycoris Desktop/LX ;-)
Chilling_Silently (228)
203351 2003-12-29 22:56:00 Woohoo, time to celebrate because I am back into Linux.

Now, about the nVidia drivers. I'm hoping to actually get them installed... so I'll give it another go later this afternoon. Wow, it feels good to be back here. Anyway, I hope that this time it will work. Will report back late afternoon/evening on how it went. If I again fail, I think it would be time for something else... by the way: there is no GLCore in the XF86Config to remove... I'll do a more detailed post of what I've done when I do it later. Hang in there and I'll keep you guys posted.
Jaguar (4442)
203352 2003-12-29 23:16:00 Yes, that'd be about right, as you're running vesa drivers and not nv (nv are open-sourced nvidia drivers, which dont offer as good performance as the Official drivers)

Stick with it, its worth it :-)


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
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