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Problem w/ DVI, GeForce3 and Linux (several distros tried)

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I tried to use Mandrake 8.2 and couldn't get X to work. Then I tried Red Hat, followed by the LiveEval version of Suse. The error is that it will probe the card correctly (it's a PNY GeForce3 Ti200, and it probes it as the default GeForce 3). My monitor (NEC MSync FP1350x is in the list on all of the distros. But when I go to test, I get garbage on the screen at all resolutions and color depths that I try. I ran a bunch of searches and asked about it on here several months ago and never had any luck.

Then I started thinking and began to wonder if it wasn't the DVI input to the monitor. I swapped it to analog and everything works in both Suse and RedHat. So I'm typing this from RedHat 7.3 and Mozilla right now. But my question is, does anyone have DVI, a GeForce 3 and Linux working together and if they have any hints for me.

Thanks.
 
I've tried both - although I am a relative Linux guru so I might not be doing things correctly. I tried the ones that came with the distros and then, when they didn't work, I DL'd the ones from nVidia's site and used the rpm manager to install them. About the only way that I knew that I'd done something was a "nVidia" splash screen right before the garbage that always shows up when I use X with DVI.
 
Have you tried searching the XFree86 development mailing lists? You may also want to try emailing nVidia support about their driver.
 
I tried searching extensively on google and deja (like over an hour searching) - and I did pull some hits from a list that, now that you mention it, must have been the XFree86 dev list although I didn't think about it at the time. Unfortunately .dvi is apparently some form of file extension in Linux that relates to video so there is an awful lot of noise so it was hard to lock in specifically on my problem. I have seen a fair number of people with my problem, but I haven't seen anyone with an answer.

I usually don't go to the official source for any problem that I have until I've exhausted most of the easier possibilities - like posting at my favorite Internet BBS here at AT. But if I can't figure it out within the week, I'll fire off an email to nVidia.

Thanks for your help, Nothingman. You responded to my last thread on the subject (back months ago when I thought it was the card, and hadn't narrowed it down to DVI). I really appreciate your help.
 
I usually don't go to the official source for any problem that I have until I've exhausted most of the easier possibilities
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I know the feeling, everytime I send an email with a question I find the answer online in under an hour =)

Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance but I don't have a card or monitor with DVI, and I'm sure my friend that does own one wouldn't like me putting Linux on his box =)
 
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