I just installed the nvidia drivers for my Geforce 4 MX 420 card. They work perfectly while in X, but when I kill X or switch to another terminal there is nothing on the screen but a few colored pixels. If I change drivers back to vesa, the problem disapears so it is obviously the drivers. Does anyone know what could be causeing this??

What version of the drivers are you using? Some of the early 4xxx series caused problems like that. If you''re using a completely up-to-date 4xxx release, try the last 3xxx release (they were less buggy in some ways; I really can''t say if 4xxx has fixed all of its problems that weren''t in 3xxx).

If it makes you feel better, if I shut down Xwindows (with or without the nvidia drivers), my console freaks out and has lines down it. I''ve never heard of anyone fixing this problem on this particular computer. [Dell Inspiron 2650]

If anyone knows how to fix it.. lemme know. ;-) It''d be nice to have VCs back. (Also, I''m not sure if this relates to your problem, so I mentioned it.)

Scout


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