>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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
