video resolution with NVIDIA

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Monday 04 October 2004 11:18, Richard F. Hobson wrote:
> After updating my RH9 installation to the latest kernel (last one
> distributed) I was no longer able to get a screen resolution higher than
> 800X600.  I had to recompile the nvidia driver after installing the new
> kernel.  Attached is a video-section excerpt from the XF86Config file.
> The resolution indicated in the file is the one I was using before, so I
> know the hardware supports it.  Any suggestions on how to restore higher
> resolution with this video card? (Nvidia Gforce 440)

Did you get the latest nvidia driver from their website? 
Did you restart X after compiling the nvidia kernal module?

When starting X with nvidia driver, did you get Nvidia splash screen, 
indicating that you're indeed using nvidia driver ?

RDB

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Reuben D. Budiardja
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennesse, Knoxville, TN

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