GEForce 7600GT

[Net Llama!]

On 06/03/2006 07:25 AM, Vu Pham wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 15:15 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Vu Pham wrote:
>> > I am building my workstation which has that video card. The OS is 64-bit
>> > RHEL 4.0. After installation, the system reboots with messed-up screen and
>> > hangs there.
>> >
>> > Do I have to switch to 32-bit ?
>> > Do I have to switch to another distro ?
>> > Or do I have to switch to Windows :)) jk.
>> >
>> 
>> You need to install the nvidia X driver, or update to a distro that has
>> Xorg-7.0 to use the 'nv' X driver.  RHEL4's nv driver is ancient and
>> doesn't support your videocard.
>> 
> 
> Thanks, Lonni. I tried Ubuntu and it works fine. I m using Evolution on
> this new system to compose this email.

That's likely because Ubuntu ships a much newer nv X driver than RHEL4.

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