From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263916AbTDHHqe (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 03:46:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263925AbTDHHqe (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 03:46:34 -0400 Received: from [203.124.139.208] ([203.124.139.208]:22590 "EHLO pcsbom.patni.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263916AbTDHHqd (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 03:46:33 -0400 Reply-To: From: "Pratyush Joshi" To: Subject: Unsupported VGA card Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 13:37:23 +0530 Message-ID: <001401c2fda5$e3f80a70$f661d103@patni.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi everybody, I am a newbie to Linux. I have a problem. I had Win 2K Pro installed on my PC. When I got Red Hat Linux 8.0 installed on it, the it showed "Unsupported VGA card", but the rest of the installation went fine. Now, I can log in to Linux, and only the command line is seen. When I enter the "startx" command, it gives some big error. I have an ASUS P4SDR-VM motherboard with onboard VGA. Probably it is not supported by Red Hat. What do I do to get KDE/GNOME desktops working ? What exactly should I look for - is it the display drivers or RPMs ? Can I get anything from www.kernel.org ? Somebody told me that nVidia's nForce or gForce drivers should work for ASUS motherboard. Is that true ? In ASUS's website, I can see display drivers for download, for Red Hat Linux 7.3. Will those also work for 8.0 ? Are the display drivers specific to the motherboard make, or the Linux distro and version ? I am quite confused and would really appreciate a detailed reply. Thanking you all in anticipation. With kind regards, Pratyush Joshi