Problems with NVIDIA FX GO 5600 and SuSE Linux 8.2

Hi there,

Linux newbie needs help!

I wanted to install SuSE Linux 8.2 on my Sony Vaio Notebook PCG-GRT 785E
with a NVIDIA FX GO 5600
The Installation worked properly. When I wanted to cofigure the NVIDIA Card
I always got black screen. Then I installed the new driver
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run (I hope it was the right one). The Kernel
was compiled and the driver was installed. When I tried to start sax2 to
configure my card i got the same black screen.

What can I Do?????????????

Please help!

Greetings from Germany

Alexander Deckert

Hi,

If anyone has had any joy with resolving this issue I would be very
interested. I have an identical issue with the new Dell Inspiron 8600
which has an Nvidia FX 5650 Go card (flip chip version of the 5600?).
Can boot into X windows with vesa drivers but only get a backlit black
screen with the "nvidia" driver.

Thanks in advance.

Tristan Graham.

"Alexander Deckert" wrote in message ...
Hi there,

Linux newbie needs help!

I wanted to install SuSE Linux 8.2 on my Sony Vaio Notebook PCG-GRT 785E
with a NVIDIA FX GO 5600
The Installation worked properly. When I wanted to cofigure the NVIDIA Card
I always got black screen. Then I installed the new driver
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run (I hope it was the right one). The Kernel
was compiled and the driver was installed. When I tried to start sax2 to
configure my card i got the same black screen.

What can I Do?????????????

Please help!

Greetings from Germany

Alexander Deckert

On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 14:19:39 -0800, Tristan Graham wrote:

Hi,

If anyone has had any joy with resolving this issue I would be very
interested. I have an identical issue with the new Dell Inspiron 8600
which has an Nvidia FX 5650 Go card (flip chip version of the 5600?).
Can boot into X windows with vesa drivers but only get a backlit black
screen with the "nvidia" driver.

Thanks in advance.

Tristan Graham.

"Alexander Deckert" wrote in message ...
Hi there,

Linux newbie needs help!

I wanted to install SuSE Linux 8.2 on my Sony Vaio Notebook PCG-GRT 785E
with a NVIDIA FX GO 5600
The Installation worked properly. When I wanted to cofigure the NVIDIA Card
I always got black screen. Then I installed the new driver
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run (I hope it was the right one). The Kernel
was compiled and the driver was installed. When I tried to start sax2 to
configure my card i got the same black screen.

What can I Do?????????????

Please help!

Greetings from Germany

Alexander Deckert


have inspiron 8200; here's my /etc/XF86Config:

===================begin===================

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "DevInputMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Unknown monitor"
HorizSync 31.5 - 90
VertRefresh 60.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia GeForce 2 Go"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1600x1200" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

====================end=====================


Good luck