Now Tou See It, Now You Don't

Richard Evans · 05-19-04, 07:35 PM

I have just installed Xandros OS which went snoothly untill I re-booted, after choosing Xandros from the LILO menu, the screen goes blank and after about 5-8 minutes the Nvidia Splash screen appears, then disapears, the mouse pointer then appears and then disappears, then the whole this repeats itself, i have to power down and then reboot. If i select safe video mode i can boot to the Xandros desktop.

My system is as follows.

ASUS A7V266-E Motherboard
AMD 1800+ Processor
Nvidia GeForce3 Ti500 Graphics Card
512 MB Ram
100GB Western Digital HD
10GN Fujitsu HD
Sound Blaster Audugy Sound Card

I hope some one can help me, as i would really like to switch to Linux but if I can't get Â£D accellaration under Linux then I may have to stick with Windows.

Thanks All

Richard

whig · 05-20-04, 03:33 AM

Boot to a console and configure XFree86 (the GUI) to use the "nv" driver as that is the most straight-forward for you. "startx" will launch the gui. There is help (man XFree86) and documentation in /usr/share/doc. Then upgrade to the nVidia drivers (a bit harder).

Kamel · 05-20-04, 08:48 AM

if startx will only give you a black screen with a white X for a cursor, try using kdm. this is the K desktop manager, which allows you to start up kde, should you have kde installed. if you use gnome, use gdm. if you dont have a desktop manager, i suggest getting one. personally i prefer KDE, but gnome is also available; along with blackbox, fluxbox, and TWN (tab window manager, which is a piece of crap).

edit: also, don't forget that you have the option of doing X -configure should you want to try and make X configure itself.

before copying over the new driver, i suggest backing up your current config by doing

Code:

mv /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config-backup

hopefully this helps.

05-19-04, 07:35 PM	#1
Richard Evans Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1	Now Tou See It, Now You Don't I have just installed Xandros OS which went snoothly untill I re-booted, after choosing Xandros from the LILO menu, the screen goes blank and after about 5-8 minutes the Nvidia Splash screen appears, then disapears, the mouse pointer then appears and then disappears, then the whole this repeats itself, i have to power down and then reboot. If i select safe video mode i can boot to the Xandros desktop. My system is as follows. ASUS A7V266-E Motherboard AMD 1800+ Processor Nvidia GeForce3 Ti500 Graphics Card 512 MB Ram 100GB Western Digital HD 10GN Fujitsu HD Sound Blaster Audugy Sound Card I hope some one can help me, as i would really like to switch to Linux but if I can't get Â£D accellaration under Linux then I may have to stick with Windows. Thanks All Richard __________________ We are the Music Makers and we are the Dreamers of Dreams - Willy Wonka

05-20-04, 03:33 AM	#2
whig 550Ti Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Zealand Posts: 854	Re: Now Tou See It, Now You Don't Boot to a console and configure XFree86 (the GUI) to use the "nv" driver as that is the most straight-forward for you. "startx" will launch the gui. There is help (man XFree86) and documentation in /usr/share/doc. Then upgrade to the nVidia drivers (a bit harder).

05-20-04, 08:48 AM	#3
Kamel Hardware Mass Murderer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,035	Re: Now Tou See It, Now You Don't if startx will only give you a black screen with a white X for a cursor, try using kdm. this is the K desktop manager, which allows you to start up kde, should you have kde installed. if you use gnome, use gdm. if you dont have a desktop manager, i suggest getting one. personally i prefer KDE, but gnome is also available; along with blackbox, fluxbox, and TWN (tab window manager, which is a piece of crap). edit: also, don't forget that you have the option of doing X -configure should you want to try and make X configure itself. before copying over the new driver, i suggest backing up your current config by doing Code: mv /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config-backup hopefully this helps. __________________ hardware murdered so far: geforce 5900u, deceised: sat on it. geforce 6600gt deceised: improperly mounted heatsink. 3 asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboards, deceised: unsure. mobile amd xp2600 processor, deceised: chipped core due to compusa heatsink. dfi lanparty ultra b, deceised: unsure, third memory bank went out. samsung cd burner 48x40x48, deceised: unsure, will only read pressed cd's very slowly. samsung TH552C dvd burner (dual layer), deceised: same as other samsung . 10gb seagate 5200rpm drive, deceised: tried fixing a pin that was pushed into the drive by inserting an ide cable upside down. 40gb maxtor drive, deceised: maxtor manufacturer. 80gb western digital, deceised: unnatural causes. swan xt10, deceised: brutal pre-meditated murder, even video taped (it wasn't y2k compliant). logitech mx510, deceised: death by electricution. ati remote wonder, deceised: death by electricution.