On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 10:27 -0400, David Evennou (Data Masters) wrote:
Hi Matt, I tried system-config-display with the resulting message: Trying with card: NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic) xconf.py: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :17.0.--display=:1: Fatal IO error 104 (Conenction reset by peer) on X server "17.0. Ideas?
When in doubt, "init 1" and run the X tool from "setup".
Also note what video card you are using? Give me the exact make/model.
Understand that the "generic" GeForce FX (NV30) might not work for latter FX cards (e.g., NV31, NV33, NV34, NV35, NV36, NV38 are different FX models).
A major factor is the support of various cards for a particular XFree/Xorg version.
MIT Freedomware "nv" driver in XFree86 releases: http://www.xfree86.org/4.1.0/nv.4.html http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/nv.4.html http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.1/nv.4.html http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/nv.4.html http://www.xfree86.org/4.4.0/nv.4.html http://www.xfree86.org/4.5.0/nv.4.html
MIT Freedomware "nv" driver in X.org releases: http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.1/doc/nv.4.html http://www.x.org/X11R6.8.2/doc/nv.4.html
In the worst case, the nVidia Standardware "nvidia" driver is always an option for newer card support when you don't want to have to load a newer XFree/Xorg on an older distro.