Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-14 Thread Wim De Smet
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:17:34 +1100 Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:34:39PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > > Depends on the card I think. These older cards should be well supported by > > the nv driver, though the nvidia drivers may indead be less picky. > > The most

Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:34:39PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > Depends on the card I think. These older cards should be well supported by > the nv driver, though the nvidia drivers may indead be less picky. The most important difference is that nv in X < 4.2 does not support GeForce4 cards, wherea

Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-11 Thread Wim De Smet
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:20:43 -0500 sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:44:46PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > > "Andrew R Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mr. Finney's reply was > > > > > > "yeah, you need a couple packages. install > > > > > You don't need tho

Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-10 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:52:01PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > A good way to debug your XF86Config-4 is typing: > X -configure > Then see if it starts up. If it does, just look at the file created in the directory >you were in while running this command, > it should have a name like XF86Config.new

Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-10 Thread sean finney
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 05:44:46PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > "Andrew R Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mr. Finney's reply was > > > > "yeah, you need a couple packages. install > > > You don't need those kernel packages, since u can use the X drivers. well perhaps, perhaps not. if he nee

Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-10 Thread Wim De Smet
ROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86 > > > > > > Hi, > > > > This isn't true. These packages are for the nvidia kernel > > --snip-- > > Well actually, what Mr. Finney said *is* true. They questi

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2002-12-10 Thread Kees Huisman
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RE: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-09 Thread Andrew R Reid
> -Original Message- > From: Wim De Smet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2002 1:52 AM > To: sean finney > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86 > > > Hi, > > This isn't t

Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-09 Thread Wim De Smet
Hi, This isn't true. These packages are for the nvidia kernel drivers, which are the nvidia propietary drivers. The X server contains a package for nvidia cards named "nv". This is a free driver, but doesn't contain any 3d acceleration. You probably misconfigured the x server somewhere. A good

Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-09 Thread sean finney
heya, yeah, you need a couple packages. install nvidia-kernel-src nvidia-glx-src and follow the directions you get in /usr/share/doc/nvidia* good luck, sean On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 08:49:38AM -0500, Ben Hill wrote: > Hi, > > I am having some hassle setting up my NVidia Riva TNT PCI g

NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86

2002-12-09 Thread Ben Hill
Hi, I am having some hassle setting up my NVidia Riva TNT PCI graphics card with XFree86 on Debian 3.0 rev0. I have set up the device manually in the XF86Config-4 as a "nv" type, but when I try to start X, it just tries to display, then retrys endlessly. Do I need to add NVidia drivers? I noti