What I could find, "glx" seemed to be the nvidia specific one; also, GLCore is put into the XFConfig file by debconf during the configure process (or perhaps XFConfig puts it there) ... I tried commenting out GLCore ... that caused other GL failures, I commented out all the GL stuff and then DRI complained, commented out DRI and then the radeon module itself complained ...
Getting it down to GLCore is the fewest errors I get, though that one is fatal from a startup standpoint On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 11:25:21PM +0100, Frank Gevaerts wrote: > On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 03:43:51PM -0600, Hank Marquardt wrote: > > I'm trying to install a new vid card (ATI Radeon 8500DV AIW) ... the old > > card was an nvidia chipset ... xfree is choking, saying the GLCore > > doesn't exist > > > > I moved the old XF86Config4 file out of the way and did a clean > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 ... all the libs are installed x, GL1.2 > > GL2, mesa ... and it's a completely new kernel build 2.4.20 with no > > nvidia stuff around at all ... where does GLCore come from and how do I > > replace it? > > AFAIK GLcore is an nvidia specific module. > > Frank > > > > The old nvidia card still works (albiet non accellerated), but I can't > > get X to start with the ATI in the box. > > > > Thoughts and pointers appreciated. > > > > Hank > > -- > > Hank Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://web.yerpso.net > > GPG Id: 2BB5E60C > > Fingerprint: D807 61BC FD18 370A AC1D 3EDF 2BF9 8A2D 2BB5 E60C > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Hank Marquardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://web.yerpso.net GPG Id: 2BB5E60C Fingerprint: D807 61BC FD18 370A AC1D 3EDF 2BF9 8A2D 2BB5 E60C *** Web Development: PHP, MySQL/PgSQL - Network Admin: Debian/FreeBSD *** PHP Instructor - Intnl. Webmasters Assn./HTML Writers Guild *** Beginning PHP && PHP II -- Starting July 15, 2002 *** See http://www.hwg.org/services/classes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
