[olug] Second monitor

Ken emptymm at cox.net
Wed Jan 28 05:07:09 UTC 2004


mescie wrote:

> I used the binary installer I got off the nvidia website and the 
> installlation went smoothly.And I edited the XF86Config-4 file (mandrake 
> 9.1 distro) to read driver "nvidia"I haven't got to the TVout part yet.X 
> starts up fine with the nvidia splash screen appearing first but then 
> when I kill the X server the screen just goes blank,no  text or command 
> prompt.For the heck of it tho I blindly typed startx and my desktop 
> started up.Something to work on but at least I'm making a little progress.
> 
>             Gary
> 

How are you "killing" X?  Ctrl + Alt + Backspace?





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