Hi . how are you this noon , really i have abad problem gonna drive me crazy !
the speed of my screen is very very low , for example , when i scroll a webpage or a file brwser it takes long time , and feel very slow !
or when i move a window froma place to another it also takes much longer time !!
another thing :-
i use mdk 9 the last time i used it i had a vga s3 savage4 and when i boot to linux it boot and start in a grafical mode i mean the background was light blue , now - when i bought a new pc with new vga card - it boot in a text mode ie with a black background
is that because of my new vga card
???how to get it back?cuz it was nice :D
my vga card is TNT ( idont know really what version of TNT )
and is the first problem a because of that new vga ???
or there is something wrong in my the current options ???
help please if you can !
thanx for your time

Alsalamo 3alaikom,

I suggest you choose the right name for this thread, thanks.

Salam.

wazzup Habdin ??
i cannot get your point indeed :(
you mean that i put it in wrong section ??
or you wanna to change the post subject???
it is a problem , and this is the subject really , nothing wrong !
:)

how can i help you if you don't provide hardware details ?
if i'm correct then TNT is manufactored by nVidea
get the nVidea drivers "i'm not sure about this"
I'm not sure about anything without hardware details

and please change the subject to something related to the post content.

sorry i didnot know that other hardware details would be helpful in this problem ok:-
i have a mobo GIGABYTE with builtin sound card
as i said a TNT vga card but note that the computer man told me a strange thing about this TNT , he said that card has the chipset of GEFORCE , i really didnot understand this but i told him (3albarakah , hat el cart dah !)
the HDD is 80 gb
RAM = 256
prossesor or processor :o is 2000
ummmmmm what else ??
monitor LG 17 inch , ummmmm
cd rom asus ,
flobby 1.44 sony ;
really i donot know what else i should mention i donot have any experience in hardware!=/
if i remembered anything else i will let you know
thanx

TNT GEOFORCE ?
i NEDD TO KNOW INFO ABOUT THIS DISPLAY ADAPTOR.
go get the nvidea drivers then.

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OK
let me check it !

i will paste the log file here for what happened with me in my trial;
i downloaded a driver i hope really it is the correct one!!
and i run it by sh drivername
it told me that i have to install the correct kernel header files , i went to my install software manager and installed any thing contain the work kernel , but not worked yet , may i ask why ?? here is the log file :-

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sat Jun 28 09:19:31 2003

option status:
license pre-accepted : false
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: false
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : false
no questions : false
silent : false
XFree86 install prefix : /usr/X11R6
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
Installer install prefix: /usr
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : (not specified)
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp site : ftp://download.nvidia.com

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> License accepted.
-> A precompiled kernel interface for kernel 'Mandrake Linux 9.0 UP Single
Processor i586 Architecture' has been found.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; /usr/bin/ld -r -o nvidia.o precompiled-nv-linux
.o nv-kernel.o'...
-> Kernel module linked successfully.
ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.o'. This is most likely
because the kernel module was built using the wrong kernel header files.
Please make sure you have installed the kernel header files for your
kernel; on Red Hat Linux systems, for example, be sure you have the
'kernel-source' rpm installed. If you know the correct kernel header
files are installed, you may specify the kernel include path with the
'--kernel-include-path' commandline option.
-> Kernel module load error: Warning: loading ./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o will taint
the kernel: non-GPL license - NVIDIA
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted
modules
./usr/src/nv/nvidia.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

by quickly parsing the log file it seems that u didnt install the kernel sources or kernel header files.
make sure that u ve the above mentioned packages installed and try again.
I dnt want to be so obvious but just a reminder; make sure u install it as root.

hi sattie thanx for replying ,
well
when i got this meesage , i went to the install software manager , and it asked me for the root password ,
and then i searched for the work kernel
and i choose to install all the results that contain the word kerner and headers (be aware that iam ultimately newbie in linux )
(iam using mdk9)
then nothign changed too :(

What i did is the correct way to install the kernel header files?

tayeb balash !!!!!!!!
mesh lazem nvidia drivers !!!
can i ask u another question?
if i upgrade to a specific kernel ...will i got the normal speed ?
thanx

It seems to be a runlevel problem. You said you wanted graphical, not text mode. type startx at the prompt.

Maher

# startx


Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.


When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages

[root@localhost fkkkkkt]#

Salamo 3alaikom,

You should not be running X. Most Linux distros don't enable simultaneous X sessions. Don't ask me how to do such a thing, search the forum for such a topic if you like.

Salam.

> You should not be running X. Most Linux distros don't enable
> simultaneous X sessions. Don't ask me how to do such a thing, search
> the forum for such a topic if you like.

I don't even think this is possible to dowithout patching XFree.

to start another instant of X, you have to use a different display, just try

startx -- :1

then

startx -- :2

cheers,
Alaa