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1 Folks,
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3 my first time posting - have a bit of Unix experience, but am new to Linux.
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6 Just got a new PC at home - Dell box with Windows XP. Added a second hard disk
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7 for Linux. Partitioned the disk and have installed Suse 7.2 from CD, which went
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8 fine except it didn't pick up my monitor.
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10 I have a Dell branded E151FPp 15" LCD flat panel monitor and a nVidia GeForce4
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11 Ti4200 video card, both of which are probably too new to feature in Suse's default
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12 set. I downloaded a driver from the nVidia website and installed it using RPM.
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13 Then I ran Sax2 (as was recommended in some postings I found on the net), but
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14 it still doesn't feature my video card in the available list. What next?
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16 Another problem. I have a Dell branded keyboard and if I hit Caps-Lock twice,
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17 the whole machine crashes (in Linux, not Windows) - even the on/off switch is
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18 inactive, leaving me to reach for the power cable instead.
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20 If anyone can help me in any way with these probs., I'd be really grateful -
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21 I've searched the 'net but have run out of ideas.
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23 Or should I be going for a different version of Linux such as RedHat? Opinions
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24 welcome.
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26 Thanks a lot,
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27 Peter
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29 --
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30 Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug@linux.ie
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31 http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information.
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32 List maintainer: listmaster@linux.ie
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