Valdis,
Numerous people have had problems with the 4191 driver...me included.
Instead of here I'd suggest going back to the NVidia site and go to the
driver download page. There is a forum regarding the drivers and their
effects/sideeffects. That might help shed some light on the issue.
HTH,
Steve
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 00:32, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> OK, so I get brave enough to try the NVidia drivers (no snickers please -
> they Just Work under 2.4.18, and do a better job of finding the monitor
> attached to my docking station than the 'nv' drivers do).
>
> I get the 4191 drivers, apply the 2 patches from www.minion.de, get it
> insmod'ed, and fire up X. Disks go chugga chugga for a bit, and then
> I'm left looking at a black screen. No disk activity. Wedged. Screwed.
> So I decide to get something to drink from the refrigerator, and when I
> get back, there's a tiny blue icon in the upper left corner:
>
> *******
> * *
> * * * *
> * *
> * * * *
> * *** *
> * *
> *******
<snip>
> /Valdis
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