 i downloaded a driver from the nvidia website and installed it using rpm then i ran saxNUMBER as was recommended in some postings i found on the net but it still doesn t feature my video card in the available list what next hmmm peter open a terminal and as root type lsmod you want to find a module called nvdriver if it isn t loaded then load it insmod nvdriver o oh and ensure you have this module loaded on boot else when you reboot you might be in for a nasty surprise once the kernel module is loaded vim etc xNUMBER xfNUMBERconfig in the section marked driver i have neomagic you need to have driver nvidia here is part of my xfNUMBERconfig also note that using the card you are using you should be able to safely use the fbbpp NUMBER option section module load extmod load xie load pexNUMBER load glx subsection dri you don t need to load this peter option mode NUMBER endsubsection load dbe load record load xtrap load speedo load typeNUMBER endsection plus the modelines for your monitor should be singfinicantly different section monitor identifier monitorNUMBER vendorname monitor vendor modelname monitor model horizsync NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER vertrefresh NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER modeline NUMBERxNUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER modeline NUMBERxNUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER endsection section device identifier cardNUMBER driver neomagic change this to nvidia making sure the modules are in the correct path vendorname neomagic nvidia boardname nmNUMBER busid pci NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER endsection section screen identifier screenNUMBER device cardNUMBER monitor monitorNUMBER defaultdepth NUMBER subsection display depth NUMBER endsubsection subsection display depth NUMBER endsubsection subsection display depth NUMBER endsubsection subsection display depth NUMBER endsubsection subsection display depth NUMBER endsubsection subsection display depth NUMBER fbbpp NUMBER ie you should be able lto uncomment this line modes NUMBERxNUMBER NUMBERxNUMBER NUMBERxNUMBER and add in higher resulutions as desired endsubsection endsection irish linux users group ilug URL URL for un subscription information list maintainer listmaster URL 