CentOS - Apr 2007 - why centos 5 can not be installed in graphic mode on my pc

you will need to install the nvidia binary drivers most likely.

Saturn wrote:
> hello all!
>     I can not install centos 5 in graphic mode on my pc ,my VGA card is 
> XFX6800XT,when installtion started ,it tell me that my VGA card is 
> 6600GT,it detected wrong! And then installtion can not be 
> run with normal display.
> so I install in text mode ,after installtion , I can't start Xwindow! I
> only could work with console.
> I tried to install "NVdriver 9775",an error occured ,an
installtion
> terminated,I don't konw how to ....?
> It took me a long time to download centos 5,it is really "fun"!
> anyone help me ?
> thanks
> 
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hello all!
    I can not install centos 5 in graphic mode on my pc ,my VGA card is
XFX6800XT,when installtion started ,it tell me that my VGA card is 6600GT,it
detected wrong! And then installtion can not be run with normal display.
so I install in text mode ,after installtion , I can't start Xwindow! I only
could work with console.
I tried to install "NVdriver 9775",an error occured ,an installtion
terminated,I don't konw how to ....?
It took me a long time to download centos 5,it is really "fun"!
anyone help me ?
thanks
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On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 23:20 -0800, Saturn wrote:
> hello all!
>     I can not install centos 5 in graphic mode on my pc ,my VGA card
> is XFX6800XT,when installtion started ,it tell me that my VGA card is
> 6600GT,it detected wrong! And then installtion can not be
> run with normal display.
> so I install in text mode ,after installtion , I can't start Xwindow!
> I only could work with console.
> I tried to install "NVdriver 9775",an error occured ,an
installtion
> terminated,I don't konw how to ....?
> It took me a long time to download centos 5,it is really "fun"!
> anyone help me ?
To get it to initially work, you can edit the file
"/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
and find this section:
===========================================Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nv"
EndSection
===========================================
Change "nv" to "vesa"

Then you should at least get some X capability.

Thanks,
Johnny Hughes
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