Need some help with desktop screen

[kadi]

hello
[SOLVED] I just replaced the "nv" with "vesa"
I installed fresh debian etch 4.0r3 and when i reboot
the desktop screen is pulling to the right side leaving
like 15% of the left side black, i tried all the resolutions
the same result, checked xorg.conf it is the right video
driver nvidia, i didn't had this problem before with debian
etch on the other server, also i have Radius-73 17 inch
flat panel monitor and it says in the xorg.conf "Radius-73"
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

[o.meyer]

Hi kadi,

you replaced "nv" with "vesa" - so you disabled the NVIDIA driver. You should try the official NVIDIA drivers.

Best regards,

Olli

[kadi]

hi Olli
Thanks for fast reply.
I am like struggling with my new installation (centOS 5.1)
between screen resolution and No GUI login, the link you gave me
is the one i installed, but the problem was it made about 10% of
the desktop screen Black on the left side, and i changed the resolution
tried all the same thing, so i change it to vesa and it worked for a while
then when i change it back to nvidia it can't find the module.
with centos i am not used to the commands like in debian i will use:
dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
this not working on centos, the second thing that is annoying me
what ever i do still the server starts with command line, installed
gdm nothing changed, i have to login from cmd line then write startx.
Thanks alot again for your suppot.

[o.meyer]

Hi kadi,

sounds like that you're using that system as desktop. When I'm right you should use an 'up to date' distribution like Fedora, Ubuntu or Mandriva. I think this will prevent you from vicious headache like the one you have right now. On these distributions you can install the needed (latest) drivers out of a repository. I personally use Fedora (since many years) and never got any problems with graphics cards or displays.

Best regards,

Olli