I was able to instal lthe headers, but I don't have another machine to SSH into. What is the command-line 'net browser I can use to get the right driver?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gustin Johnson Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:39 PM To: CLUG General Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Video Card Switched -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 For K/Ubuntu, install the kernel headers. This sounds harder than it is: aptitude install kernel-headers should download and install everything that need. You may also need to install build-essential as well. Mike Bougie wrote: > Thanks for the info. I'm not quite sure re the kernel headers/source > (to be honest, I'm not even sure what they are) but I'll follow the > site's instructions and see what comes from it! > > Linux User 394239 > http://underover.wordpress.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of bogi > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 2:13 PM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Video Card Switched > > Hi Mike, > Yep, i got one of those too :-) > Mandriva did not recognize it, so did not FC4, but both where close > enough, and recognized it as Nvidia Generic, That worked, but no > acceleration. Now you need to dl the driver from the nvidia website, > http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html > Check your cpu type, they have 32 and 64 bit drivers. > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8178.html > This is the 32 bit driver.Read the page, dl the driver, run it as > root, Make sure you have kernel headers and kernel source installed > properly in your system, the driver will likely compile the module for > your system on the spot and install it. Follow the instructions in the > README file to edit Xorg.conf or Xf86config.conf depending on your > system setup. (likely Xorg) when done, reboot and you are done. Oh, > you must do the install process with no X running (init 3 will do the > trick) do the install and edit the xorg.conf than init 5) and there you go, warp 10. > Cheers > Szemir > > On January 8, 2006 12:11, Mike Bougie wrote: > >>Hey folks! I recently upgraded from an old Radeon 7000 to a fancy new >>nVidia FX 5200 and when I boot into Ubuntu 5.10 (2.6.12) X doesn't >>recognize the change. >> >>How can I fix this? I can boot into command line fine, so I'm guessing >>that I have to configure X to use the new VC, but am lost as to how. >> >>Thanks in advance! >> >>~Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDwYZ4wRXgH3rKGfMRAifdAKCwWGce1aiJeBkFfyz6QWStSY8MRQCfZkS4 vvHiAoVAMfcVUgDwOa7F8fg= =XlkI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
