SOB Linux and my geforce...

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  1. BigWill

    BigWill Registered Senior Member

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    I recently got a new comp with a preformatted HD with the intent to throw a dual boot environment on it. XP and Linux 9. I was cruisin along, everything was partitioned well, xp worked, and 9 installed. I used GRUB to load the two and all went well till I tried to boot up linux. Aparently the little bastard will load all the way up to "starting firstboot:" then stops. I've done everything I can think of- startx, trying to log in, alt-ctrl-+, It takes these commands and doesn't process them. I don't even believe my system has started.
    I've done a lot of research and I found a few people out there with the same problem- and our only link was our video card: the geforce fx 5600. Any Linux junkies out there with any idea? I'm pisssed!!
     
    BigWill, Sep 13, 2003
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    Bachus Registered Senior Member

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    goto the nvidia site and get the drivers for linux
     
    Bachus, Sep 13, 2003
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    DCLXVI Bloody Bastard Registered Senior Member

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    Yes... Quite...

    I'm assuming you're using RedHat? Mandrake? Try a different distribution. I suggest Debian or Gentoo.
     
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  7. BigWill

    BigWill Registered Senior Member

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    I did I did already! But I can't install them because I can't get any kind of prompt to load...how do I fix this?
     
    BigWill, Sep 13, 2003
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