El jue, 23-01-2003 a las 06:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > >Hey everyone, > > >I just upgraded from a GeForceDDR to a GeForce4 MX and of course my XWindows > >system stopped working. I checked out the log, and it seems that the nv > >driver i'm using only wants to work on nvidia cards up to the GeForce3, at > >least taht's what the string listing the supported cards says. Do i really > >need a new driver, and if so, how do i get it and load it? > > >Chris~ > ~~~~~~~~ > > > Hi Chris, > > I have GeForce4 MX card and I got it working by forst downloading the latest drivers >from nvidia website. > > I have not tried the nv driver, but I googled and the only alternative was vesa >driver. It's your call, anyway. > > This is what worked for me. > > You will be downloading two files: nvidia-kernel and nvidia-GLX (there will be >number next to it that has to be matched). > > Please note that these are non-free (as in free speech), but they work (until >someone writes a GPL implementation). > > Download tarballs of course. > > Once you download them, you can compile them by running make install. > > After that comes the debian-specific step. > > go to /etc/modules.conf and in the last line put as follows: > > alias char-major-195 nvidia > > This will get the card working. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Davor > >
The documentation under /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel and /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx is very usefull. I added the commands that this docs contain to my kernel upgrade script and never fails. Works perfectly under GeForce 4 MX Chainy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
