monitor experts, please

[Tony Alfrey]

Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:

<snip>
>>
>> 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.


Turns out that
a) there is an installation script on the NVIDIA site that actually 
compiles a kernel module for the driver.
b) some people on the SuSE list assured me that this was something even 
I could do.
c) there are lots of instructions on the SuSE site

http://www.suse.de/~sndirsch/nvidia-installer-HOWTO.html

with links to a very large document back at the NVIDIA site that 
explains how to modify XF86Config and about all the NVIDIA switches.
d) The kernel module can be loaded but not yet called in XF86Config and 
then XF86Config can be modified, backed up, etc. for safety.

So the end result is that it was very easy (download script, init 3, run 
script, modify XF86Config, reboot) and NVIDIA has lots of linux support 
even for my old chipset and old SuSE installation.

Thanks Lonni, and please thank the NVIDIA people that are responsible 
for having all of the nice documentation and tools.



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