Nvidia nforce2 mobo/graphics problem

Sat Jul 3 11:55:39 UTC 2004

On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 13:39 +0200, Per-Olof Litby - Reg'l Mgr - Nordic/
Baltic - Java Web Services - Sun Microsystems wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I installed FC2 from the standard DVD on a machine with the following 
> hardware:
> 
> - Soltek SL75FRN2-L motherboard with nVidia nForce2 chipset
> - nVidia FX5200 AGP graphics card
> - Onboard Realtek AC'97 audio
> - Wireless M$ keyboard and mouse
> 
> Install went pretty smoothly although it took forever before the 
> graphical installer came up. After installation, I ran apt to update all 
> components including the kernel. I then found the following glitches:
> 
> - No sound (no manner of alsamixer fiddling would get it working)
> - Graphics identified as Generic nVidia. On my 17" NEC LCD monitor, with 
> resolution set
>   to 1280x1024 (works perfectly in XP), the picture is larger than the 
> monitor can display.
>   Does not appear to be something which can be fixed by resizing the 
> image using the controls
>   on the monitor, it actually seems as if FC2 is sending a higher 
> resolution to the monitor than

You could be having a virtual screen larger than the real one.

>   what is set in the display settings
> - Tried installing the nVidia drivers from their web site. It installed 
> (complained about the
>   rivafb stuff but I don't have one so doubt that module loads) but then 
> when I reboot the system
>   hangs just after the graphical bootsplash screen has come up. The 
> nVidia splash screen did appear.

Well... the same happened to me also... the installer didn't change the
driver in xorg.conf from nv to nvidia

> - Booting into runlevel 3 only brings me as far as the login prompt, but 
> the system does not
>   accept any keyboard input! Anything typed at the Login: prompt is 
> instantly erased so I have no
>   possibility to login. Same thing if booting from the rescue CD. Could 
> this be anything to do
>   with my wireless keyboard?
> 

Weird

Try posting your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. Maybe we can help and solve
that annoying reinstall solution.
I'm not sure about that wireless keyboard thing... It's weird. If you
can post-it from X11 because as I understand you have no keyboard in the
console.

Cheers,
d3vi1

Răzvan Corneliu VILT                      e-mail:razvan.vilt at linux360.ro
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