I am trying to switch from the video device built into the mother board, to a card i just put into my machine. I’m using gnome and don’t know where to start. I shouldn’t need new drivers (based on a possible misunderstanding) because I am going from a nvidia 6100 to a 8600.
I have looked in various places like the control center but haven’t had any luck. I just started using linux and have very little experience in the terminal. Issues with the current card are stopping me in my learning process. Thanks in advance.
OK, openSUSE-11.2 is the first openSUSE that is supposed to be able to automatically configure X Window without an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
So boot your PC and go into the BIOS and switch OFF the motherboard video device in the BIOS (for the nVidia 6100). Then boot and the PC should boot and Linux automatically configure to the only graphic device it can detect, which should be the nVidia 8600.
This isn’t related to linux now, but I can’t seem to figure out how to switch off the 6100 in my BIOS. Any other suggestions, or could you steer me in the right direction in the BIOS? I am checking in Advanced Chipset Features and Integrated Peripherals and cannot see anything regarding the built in video device.
I am not all that experienced with computers. This is an older machine that I grabbed to learn linux with. My past experience has never brought me to a point where I need to consult a motherboard manual. I will keep using search engines in hopes to find a manual for my motherboard. Until then could anyone else give me any other ideas?
Do you have a digital camera? Take a pix of the various BIOS menu/pages, and post the images on ImageBam - Fast, Free Image Hosting and Photo Sharing and post here the URLs. Maybe someone can then guide you to a possible BIOS setting.
You could also try creating an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and have it force the configuration of your new card even with the old card enabled. That may or may not work.
Open a terminal, and type “su” to get root permissions, and then type:
So I get from that, that the machine doesn’t even recognize the 8600 - is that correct? I have replaced many video cards, I am certain I did it correctly. Not much to it… Also note this card was working in a different machine about a week ago. Arrrgghhh. Thanks for your patience oldcpu.
This makes it clear. openSUSE does not see the card in your PC. It only see’s the GeForce 6100
So I think you need to confirm … DO even you have the nVidia 8600 located in your PC ?
If the 8600 is physically in your PC, are you certain it is NOT broken?
If it is in your PC, and if it is not broken, are you certain it is “sitting” in the slot correctly ? Check it.
Speaking of “the slot”, is this 8600 a PCI-e card ? Is it an AGP card ? If either of those two slots, can you change it to an adjacent adentical slot ?
If an AGP card, is the AGP bus switched ON in BIOS ?
And finally, does your PC have the power to drive two graphic devices at the same time ? Note the power supplies on older computers tend to fade and they put out a lot less power and are capable of driving a lot less hardware than they could when they were newer. Is it possible this PC does not have enough power to drive the 8600 ?
It is a PCIe, I am certain it is seated correctly and functional. The power supply is a maybe, but the machine is only a few years old and it has actually run with this same card maybe 2 years ago, only in windows xp. I have reopened the box and checked repeatedly for proper seating. Unless perhaps I broke it as I removed it from one box and put it into this one, but I am always very careful. I am about ready to give up… maybe its just too much coffee.
