[ILUG] Help with nVidia drivers install FC2

[Liam Bedford]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> On Friday 27 August 2004 10:23, Dermot McGahon wrote:
> 
> 
>>Bryan, will you please please please stop giving poor advice.
> 
> 
> I don't think that is fair.
> I found his advice very much to the point,
> and intend to follow it later.
>
As long as he didn't suggest you use the radeon driver. As for the vesa 
driver, you will be limited to vesa modes, so no 1920x1200, or 1024x480, 
or anything else weird.

> 
>>Tim, please post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>Without these it's all just speculation.
> 
> 
> If you can make any sense of Xorg.0.log I ahall be very grateful.
> I have always found it totally unintelligible.
> Why for example does it contain many lines like
> =========================================
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (exceeds panel  dimensions)
> =========================================
> when it manifestly does _not_ exceed panel dimensions?
> 
At a guess because it has detected the panel dimensions as something else?

Or maybe because 400x300 requires doubling, and that can't be done with 
the panel?

> Anyway, I attach my xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log .
> (X works with this xorg.conf if DefaultDepth is set to 8.)
> Any and all comments or suggestions gratefully received.
> 
Attachments are blocked on ILUG usually.

L.