nVidia card issue - now solved!!!

[Taco.22]

I downloaded the latest OB ISO and burnt it to disc.  I did a clean install onto a 2ghz AMD 3200 with a gig of ram and an nvidia Geforce 6200.  Absolutely no issues - 3d up and running and google-earth just flies.  

The same install disc was then put into a 3ghz Intel P4 with 2gig of ram and an nvidia Geforce 7600 GS card.  It lost its way on boot - couldn't configure X.  In the end I booted the cd in fb-thingy mode which got me to the desktop and allowed a clean install.  I had to set it to the nv driver, and then got the 7600 card working, but no way can I get 3d running; plus I seem to be stuck in 1024x768 mode.

The reason I posted here is because the live cd couldn't boot without going into limp mode, so I was wondering if there is anything OB about it, although I doubt it.  The driver for the 7600 falls into the same category as the 6200, and that went perfectly.

Did a search through the forum for any hints but didn't find much.  One was a reference to the nvidia control panel but I can't find that anywhere, and someone else used the 173.xx driver with their 7600 GS but that has me stumped as I thought the dkms-nvidia-current was the appropriate one.  By the way I did update the systems immediately after the installs so everything should be up-to-date.

Any ideas, or should I sling this problem elsewhere?  Advice on the "elsewhere" would be good too .

PS - Amazing what Mélodie has been able to squeeze onto a cd.  LibreOffice and all .  

[Just17]

Try adding to the menu.lst boot options

vmalloc=256M

You can put it after

splash=silent

for instance. Then try rebooting and setting up the video again.

[Taco.22]

Try adding to the menu.lst boot options

vmalloc=256M

My menu.lst shows this -

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=251790b4-223d-41ed-842a-647203f1dd9e  quiet vmalloc=256M acpi=on resume=UUID=ed5dcc4d-a9b6-4543-87dd-cc3e4bae7756 splash=silent vga=788

Is the "quiet" relevant?

[Taco.22]

Yay, my 400th post, and oops, what a way to do it 

Turns out that the Geforce 7600 GS card has an extra power connection on the card.  I checked it out and plugged it in.  Um, now it all works fine!!  What can I say?!?

Nothing like a dose of public humiliation every now and then .

[Just17]

Yay, my 400th post, and oops, what a way to do it 

Turns out that the Geforce 7600 GS card has an extra power connection on the card.  I checked it out and plugged it in.  Um, now it all works fine!!  What can I say?!?

Nothing like a dose of public humiliation every now and then .

Hehehe ......  you are not the first, and won't be the last!

Last time I heard of that ......  a new card had two connectors and only one was used!
I have never had such a card with two extra power connectors so never thought to ask about both!

Glad it got sorted 

[pags]

You should mark the thread [SOLVED], even though you solved it yourself!

Good stuff!

[Taco.22]

You should mark the thread [SOLVED], even though you solved it yourself!

Good stuff!

Ah, thanks.  Should of thought of that!