Karthik Vishwanath wrote:

Hello,

I recently installed the 3.0 debian linux (on an AMD 1500 pc) and am
learning the ways of debian packaging. I obtained a netinst iso, burned
the image and successfully rebooted back into debian. Next, I used tasksel
get all the packages that seemed relevant. Somehow I missed choosing
XFree86 (I think), initially. dselect along with the debian reference
manual helped me fix that (by installing x-window-system-core,
xfree86-common, etc). During the setup process I selected GeForce as my
video card. startx did work - XFree86.0.log told me the error was: (EE)
No devices detected. Googling for "GeForce4 debian configuration" gave me hits - the first one indicated that I must:


I see that you are using a Geforce 4 in a debian woody system. the Xfree86 along with the stable distro does
not support the GF4. so you better get the latest nvidia drivers for linux from nvidia.com and install it.
that should( no, will ;-) clear up your problem.


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