monitor experts, please

[Tony Alfrey]

Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>  > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>  >>  One I am trying is an Acer AL2016W 20" wide monitor (RIVA TNT2 Model 64
>>  >>  graphics card).  
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>>  >>  Any ideas from all of you graphics card/ monitor experts out there?
>>  >
>>  > Which X driver?
>>  > Is this DVI or VGA?
>>  > Also, start X with the following command:
>>  > startx -- -logverbose 6
>>  >
>>  > and then post the X log.
>>
>>  Good evening, Lonni!
>>  Now you'll really see what a linux idiot I am:
>>
>>  "Which X driver?"
>>  errrrr, where would I find that?
> 
> In your X configuration

Oh, you mean this?
XFree86 Version 4.3.99.902 (4.4.0 RC 2)

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> 
> You're using the nv X driver.  I wouldn't expect anything to work
> terribly well  unless you're using the nvidia X driver from
> www.nvidia.com.

OK.  I scanned over the documentation at nvidia for the legacy drivers 
and it looks like I'll need to compile a kernel for this.  I'm not sure 
I am willing to experiment with this just now:  if I break this 
installation (SuSE 9.1) I am pretty much hosed because I have a lot of 
current projects on this.  It's worth using a simpler monitor that will 
not require any fussing (for now) and then go back later when I have the 
luxury to beat on it.

I also have Fedora 7.1 on this box so I will see if
a) the nvidia driver is already installed there.
b) if my apps will run on Fedora (two very important ones).

Thanks a lot.  I'll come back to this later.

-- 
Tony Alfrey
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