[plug] GeForce Video card question

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Chris Griffin wrote:

> Dennis,
>
> I have finally managed to get to the stage of being able to install RedHat
> 7. Trouble is, as you indicate, it fails the install of X during the video
> card set up.
> It seemed to detect the card OK, but when it goes to start the xserver to
> test it, it fails and I get no further having to quit out of that phase. It
> could be that I am selecting the wrong option(s). The server I selected was
> SVGA as nothing else seemed to fit the bill. Is this correct?
> Could you give me a blow by blow (just for the video related parts) of the
> set up sequence for this?
> All the info in the doco from NVIDIA tell me how to install their driver
> but nothing on how to get to that stage with the right software installed.


having no experience with this card this particular card
I would guess you can do the install by typing "text" and the "boot:" prompt.