On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:33:32PM -0700, Kai Martens wrote: > > It is quite true that you need NVIDIA's own drivers and GLX package (I had > no success with the corresponding debian packages there). This driver > (downloaded it from the NVIDIA web site is not in binary format though, > but distributed as source code that I compiled against my own kernel code. > The only remaining problem is something NVIDIA warns you about out front: > You cannot exit X and restart it without rebooting your machine in > between. If you try to restart X, the machine will hang... So if you leave > X, you will have to shut down before you can use it again. > > One more thing: You need to append a line reading: > > options NVdriver NVreg_Mobile=1 > > to get this module inserted successfully! Two comments here: after you > edited your /etc/modules.conf to append this line, you will need a reboot > or some other means of making the module loader aware of the change you > just made to this config file. Second I found that upgrades of my testing > system routinely install (without asking or warning) new versions of this > file (/etc/modules.conf) over the old file, loosing the line I appended.
yes, this is a debian 'feature'... the modules.conf file is generated by /sbin/update-modules from the files in /etc/modutils, so if you wish to add the above line to modules.conf, create a file in /etc/modutils, call it nvvideo or something, and put that line in it. then as root run /sbin/update-modules and it should generate a new modules.conf with that line in it (as well as lines for all of the other files in /etc/modutils) and you shouldn't have to worrry about it any more. hope this helps... > Luckily they move the old file to /etc/modules.conf~, but be advised to > make a safety copy. > > Best of luck, Kai > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Kai Martens University of Utah > Department of Physics > > Tel: (801) 585-5503 115 South 1400 East > Fax: (801) 581-6256 James Fletcher Bldg. Room 201 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Salt Lake City > Office: INSCC 216 Utah 84112-0830, USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Philipp Zabel wrote: > > > Hi Jonerik! > > > > > My only problem is the nVidia driver. I'm using XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 > > > / X Window System and the internal nv drivers won't work, so instead I'm > > > using the vesa drivers. Suffice to say, this doesn't make full use of my > > > hardware. Has anyone here had similar problems getting the nv drivers to > > > work? > > > > As far as I know, GeForce 2 Go is only supported by nVidia's own binary > > only drivers (1.0-1512, which work quite well for me). > > > > grusz > > pHilipp > > > > > > -- > > 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] > nathanp.
