monitor experts, please

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:55 AM, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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:
>  <snip>
>
> >>  >>  One I am trying is an Acer AL2016W 20" wide monitor (RIVA TNT2 Model 64
>  >>  >>  graphics card).
>  <snip>
>
> >>  >>  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)
>
>  <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

No.  There's nothing in the NVIDIA driver README that suggests that
you have to build your own kernel.

>  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.

I have no clue what Fedora 7.1 is.  There was never any Fedora release
with that number.  No linux disitrbution, especially Fedora, has ever
shipped with the nvidia X driver.



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