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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Bryan,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have the FX5200-TD128 card.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My system is up now after I ran
"system-config-display" in runlevel 3. (thanks Matt!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I find it interesting that the difference in the
new xorg.config file is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>old</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SECTION "ServerLayout"</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>
Identifier "Default Layout"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000 size=2>new</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SECTION "ServerLayout"</FONT></DIV>
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Identifier "single head configuration"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>The "Device" SECTION still has
(generic) for the GeForce FX BoardName.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your help!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Bryan J. Smith" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>b.j.smith@ieee.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "CentOS mailing list" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:43 AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [CentOS] Re: Generating xorg.config --
varying "nv" driver supportbetween versions</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 10:27 -0400, David Evennou (Data Masters)
wrote:<BR>> > Hi Matt,<BR>> > I tried system-config-display with the
resulting message:<BR>> > Trying with card: NVIDIA GeForce FX
(generic)<BR>> > xconf.py: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer)
on X server<BR>> > :17.0.--display=:1: Fatal IO error 104 (Conenction
reset by peer) on X<BR>> > server "17.0.<BR>> > Ideas?<BR>>
<BR>> When in doubt, "init 1" and run the X tool from "setup".<BR>>
<BR>> Also note what video card you are using?<BR>> Give me the exact
make/model.<BR>> <BR>> Understand that the "generic" GeForce FX (NV30)
might not work for<BR>> latter FX cards (e.g., NV31, NV33, NV34, NV35, NV36,
NV38 are different<BR>> FX models).<BR>> <BR>> A major factor is the
support of various cards for a particular<BR>> XFree/Xorg version.<BR>>
<BR>> MIT Freedomware "nv" driver in XFree86 releases: <BR>>
</FONT><A href="http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/nv.4.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/nv.4.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/nv.4.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/nv.4.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/nv.4.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/nv.4.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/nv.4.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/nv.4.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/nv.4.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/nv.4.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.xfree86.org/4.5.0/nv.4.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.xfree86.org/4.5.0/nv.4.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>> <BR>> MIT Freedomware "nv" driver in X.org
releases: <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.1/doc/nv.4.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.1/doc/nv.4.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.2/doc/nv.4.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.2/doc/nv.4.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> <BR>> <BR>> In the worst case, the nVidia Standardware
"nvidia" driver is always an<BR>> option for newer card support when you
don't want to have to load a<BR>> newer XFree/Xorg on an older
distro.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Bryan J.
Smith </FONT><A href="mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>b.j.smith@ieee.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2> </FONT><A
href="http://thebs413.blogspot.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://thebs413.blogspot.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>>
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