Ted Miller wrote: > Edward Diener wrote: >> Ted Miller wrote: >>> Edward Diener wrote: >>>> The Vesa driver works fine with CentOS 4.4. I have an NVidia 6200 >>>> video adapter. I go to Applications | System Settings | Display | >>>> Hardware tab and find my video adapter in the list and set it. The >>>> dialog tells me I have to log out for it to take effect, so I duly >>>> do that. I then getting a message from a non-graphics screen saying >>>> that the attempt to switch to the video adapter failed. >>> [snip] >>> >>> Use the vesa driver or use the proprietary nvidia driver. The nv >>> driver from xorg (or at least the version(s) supplies with Centos 4 >>> do not support my 6200 card. No amount of fiddling made any >>> difference. The proprietary driver supports it very nicely (if your >>> computing philosophy allows you to use it). >> >> My computing philosophy certainly allows me to use it. I view the GPL, >> all offshoots of it, and everyone involved with the mess it has >> created, as just a very small part of the next generation of petty >> dictators, read "idiots" or in Alexander Pope's still relevant >> terminology "dunces", in the world. >> >> By proprietary driver do you mean the one on NVidia's web site ? > > That's the one! :) Make sure you have the kernel-devel rpm that EXACTLY > MATCHES your running kernel, as the nvidia package compiles some kind of > a shim that goes between your kernel and their driver. > > Also, before you upgrade the kernel next time, change back to the VESA > driver, as you will need to recompile the shim for the new kernel. Not > a big deal, just a show-stopper as far as Xwindows goes. > > My card is a Gigabyte GV-NX62128D that I run dual-monitor, and it works > very well for me. Thanks for the information. I will find the one on NVidia's site and install it. Sorry for the GPL blast.