[Wylug-help] Install and graphics cards trouble

[John Hodrien]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, bytey wrote:

> Basically when (if) I get a installation of a nix on the machine no matter 
> what I do when x starts all I get is alternate static pink and white vertical 
> lines and I have to reboot the system.  I've tried installing SuSe 10.0 
> installed the nvidia drivers set correct setting for my monitor etc but still 
> no luck.  I have also tried and FC4, FC3, SuSe 9.3pro with the same problem. 
> Ideally I want to be running Kubuntu but I cannot even get that to install 
> its fails on installing zlib on this system.

Is that monitor a TFT or a CRT (I wasn't sure from your description)?

I know it sounds like a stupid irrelevent question, but I type this on a PCIe
nvidia box that dies in a similar vein on starting graphics if I use a DVI
cable, but works fine under XP...

jh

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