Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-08-10 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:15:45 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 23:08 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:47 -0500 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Is this: > > > >>

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-08-09 Thread Frank
On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:15:45 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 23:08 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:47 -0500 > > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Is this: > > > >> Disable"dri" > > > >> or this: > > >

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-08-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 23:08 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:47 -0500 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Is this: > > >> Disable"dri" > > >> or this: > > >> Load "dri" > > >> in your xorg.conf? > > >> > > >No. > > > > > >> Is

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-08-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Aug 04 10:10 -0500]: > On 08/04/08 07:55, Christopher Judd wrote: >> On Thursday 31 July 2008, Frank McCormick wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:47 -0500 >>> >>> >>>I have just about given up on this card. Ubuntu Gutsy for some >>> reason ( differen

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-08-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/04/08 07:55, Christopher Judd wrote: On Thursday 31 July 2008, Frank McCormick wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:47 -0500 I have just about given up on this card. Ubuntu Gutsy for some reason ( different xorg I guess ) handled it with no problem. On Sid I can't even get X up. I'm in S

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-08-04 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:55:11 -0400 Christopher Judd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 31 July 2008, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:47 -0500 > > > > > >I have just about given up on this card. Ubuntu Gutsy for some >

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-08-04 Thread Christopher Judd
On Thursday 31 July 2008, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:47 -0500 > > >I have just about given up on this card. Ubuntu Gutsy for some > reason ( different xorg I guess ) handled it with no problem. On Sid > I can't even get X up. I'm in Sid now again using (uuugh) Intel > v

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:18:47 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Is this: > >> Disable"dri" > >> or this: > >> Load "dri" > >> in your xorg.conf? > >> > >No. > > > >> Is this: > >> Option "AIGLX" "true" > >> in the "ServerLayout" sectio

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/31/08 17:08, Frank McCormick wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:40:03 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well I just spent 2 hours trying again. The VESA driver gave me the same results...blank screen after GDM loaded. The final law of the xorg log file is: startx FTW I

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:40:03 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well I just spent 2 hours trying again. The VESA driver gave me > > the same results...blank screen after GDM loaded. The final law of > > the xorg log file is: > > startx FTW I'll try that as soon as I

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:44:56 -0500 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jul 31 16:36 -0500]: > > > Well I just spent 2 hours trying again. The VESA driver gave me > > the same results...blank screen after GDM loaded. The final line of > > the

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-31 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008 Jul 31 16:36 -0500]: > Well I just spent 2 hours trying again. The VESA driver gave me > the same results...blank screen after GDM loaded. The final law of the > xorg log file is: > > (EE) AIGLX Screen 0 is not DRI capable. > > What is DRI and wh

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/31/08 16:15, Frank McCormick wrote: On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:34:10 +0100 Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 16:13:13 -0400, Frank McCormick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have just spent a couple of hours trying to ins

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:34:10 +0100 Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 16:13:13 -0400, Frank McCormick > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > I have just spent a couple of hours trying to install the card in > >

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-31 Thread Frank McCormick
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:34:10 +0100 Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 16:13:13 -0400, Frank McCormick > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > I have just spent a couple of hours trying to install the card in > >

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-30 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:13:17 -0500 Nate Bargmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've no advice except to say I'm building a Myth TV box using Mythbuntu > and bought just that card off of ebay and it's working on both the VGA > and S-Video ports with the

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-30 Thread Nate Bargmann
I've no advice except to say I'm building a Myth TV box using Mythbuntu and bought just that card off of ebay and it's working on both the VGA and S-Video ports with the proprietary nvidia driver. It also worked fine with the nv driver but only on the VGA port. So the chipset is supported. - Nat

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-30 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 16:13:13 -0400, Frank McCormick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I have just spent a couple of hours trying to install the card in the > subject line in my computer which is running Debian Sid. > > After changing the BI

Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/30/08 15:13, Frank McCormick wrote: I have just spent a couple of hours trying to install the card in the subject line in my computer which is running Debian Sid. After changing the BIOS to reflect the new card (PCI) I ended up at a black screen after GDM ran. Killing GDM (and X) got to

Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems

2008-07-30 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have just spent a couple of hours trying to install the card in the subject line in my computer which is running Debian Sid. After changing the BIOS to reflect the new card (PCI) I ended up at a black screen after GDM ran. Killing GDM (and X) got t