Re: Asus mobo - Asus (nVidia) video - Linux installation problems

From: baskitcaise (baskitcaise_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/02/03 

Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 05:45:31 +0100

ray hartman wrote:

> KC:
>
> Conflict between nVidia & *nix?? Actually, RedHat_8 automagically
> installed my CTec_gf4(64)-mx400 and they get along just fine.
>
> ray hartman
> *****************
>
> Keith Clark wrote:
>
>> There's nothing wrong with your system, it's an issue between Xfree86 and
>> nVidia cards. The installer can't properly detect the card in my experience
>> (I've had problems installing both to a Geforce 256 and an FX5600). There
>> is some recent postings about this in one of the RedHat newsgroups. Try
>> doing a Google Groups search...
>>
>> Your workaround to use a Matrox card just for the install is a good one.
>>
>> Another workaround is to do a text-mode install, make sure you select
>> "text" boot, not "graphical, then when you boot for the first time manually
>> edit your XF86Config file to load the 2D nVidia driver built in to XFree86
>> - "nv".
>>
>> Of course once you can start the X server you should download nVidia's 3D
>> driver which totally rocks - I installed Unreal Tournament 2003 in both
>> Windows 2000 and RedHat 9 (same machine, dual boot), and the game plays so
>> fast in Linux on my FX5600 card that it's really unreal (pardon the pun
>> ;->). I deleted the Windows version from the hard drive.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> Mario Kadastik wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I'd recommend going throughe the mobo bios step by step and see if you
>>>find anything that could be causing these problems (i'd start with agp
>>>settings and so on). Could also be an issue with memory as you have
>>>different memory on these machines and maybe for some reason v9520 put's
>>>more stress on the memory than the matrox does...
>>>
>>>well these are actually quite shots in the dark, hope someone else gives
>>>you better help...
>>>
>>>Mario
>>>
>>>David wrote:
>>>
>>>>I am having some strange results trying to install Linux (SuSE, Mandrake
>>>>and Red Hat - all latest versions) on my Asus A7N8X Deluxe rev1.04 -
>>>>bios1004 based systems. Both are identical except for the CPUs and
>>>>memory. The system breakdowns are as follows:
>>>>
>>>>System 1:
>>>>Asus A7N8X Deluxe rev1.04 - bios1004 motherboard
>>>>Asus V9520 Videosuite videocard (nVidia)
>>>>AMD Athlon Thunderbird 900 mhz
>>>>512mb PC2100 DDR-RAM
>>>>Dell P780 monitor
>>>>WD 100JB HDD
>>>>WD 120JB HDD
>>>>WD 80JB HDD
>>>>Plextor PX-320A DVD/CDRW drive
>>>>Plextor PX-W4824A CDRW drive
>>>>Mitsumi FDD
>>>>Antec SOHO 1080 case
>>>>Antec Truepower 480w PS
>>>>
>>>>System 2:
>>>>Asus A7N8X Deluxe rev1.04 - bios1004 motherboard
>>>>Asus V9520 Videosuite videocard (nVidia)
>>>>AMD Athlon XP 2000+
>>>>1gb PC3200 DDR-RAM
>>>>Dell P780 monitor
>>>>WD 100JB HDD
>>>>WD 120JB HDD
>>>>WD 80JB HDD
>>>>Plextor PX-320A DVD/CDRW drive
>>>>Plextor PX-W4824A CDRW drive
>>>>Mitsumi FDD
>>>>Antec SOHO 1080 case
>>>>Antec Truepower 480w PS
>>>>
>>>>All BIOS settings are identical on both systems.
>>>>
>>>>All Linuxes will install on system 1 with no problems. Trying to install
>>>>any Linux on system 2 goes like this: Boot form CD and welcome screen -
>>>>fine. Display the choose to install or other options - fine. After
>>>>choosing to install - nothing. But if I remove the Asus V9520 Videosuite
>>>>videocard from system 2 and install a Matrox Millenium G450 all Linuxes
>>>>will install just as they should. I have encountered no problems at all
>>>>in installing Windows (98, 2K, and XP) with what would be a suspect
>>>>V9520 Videosuite in system 2. I say what would be a suspect V9520
>>>>Videosuite because the suspect V9520 in system 2 moved to system 1 goes
>>>>through the entire Linux installations just as it ought to, and the
>>>>supposed good V9520 in system 1 moved to system 2 gives the same Linux
>>>>installation problem. It wasn't until I tried to install Linux that I
>>>>even had any reason to suspect there was anything wrong, and the only
>>>>reason I suspect the V9520 Videosuite card is because things work fine
>>>>with the Matrox card. And since all works fine in Windows I don't know
>>>>what to think.
>>>>
>>>>I have shifted all components one at a time from one system to the other
>>>>with no changes. It seems that there is a bad combination here of the
>>>>Asus A7N8X Deluxe rev1.04 - bios1004 motherboard in system 2 and either
>>>>of the Asus V9520 Videosuite videocards, but I'm hoping that there is a
>>>>non-RMA fix.
>>>>
>>>>Before anyone jumps up on the "Any pre-rev 2.0 A7N8X Deluxe is a
>>>>pre-stable A7N8X Deluxe" soapbox let me say that I tried to help a
>>>>friend put together an Asus A7N8X Deluxe system about a month ago and
>>>>his rev 2.0 board had problems from the start. I tried all night long to
>>>>get it to even post and gave up, took it back to Fry's Electronics the
>>>>next day. When we got there we saw one A7N8X Deluxe rev 2.0 already on
>>>>the returns desk and another man in line waiting to return another. The
>>>>returns clerk told us to go and get 2 more boards off the shelf and we'd
>>>>test them before we took them out of the store. They both failed to
>>>>post. He shifted out all his test components to make sure they were all
>>>>good and they were. We got more boards off the shelf. By the time it was
>>>>all over - 2 1/2 hours later, we had found 6 out of 9 faulty A7N8X
>>>>Deluxe rev 2.0 mobos. 3 did start and post, 6 failed. The 3 that worked
>>>>had BIOSes 1003 (2) and 1005 (1).
>>>>
>>>>Any help, thanks.
>>>>
>>>>David Mays
>>>>
>>

Sorry can`t get to the original post but one thing to think about is that the
frame buffer display & nvidia combo don`t like machines with 1gig ram or
over, have you tried with less ram. 

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Mark
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