On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Bryan <bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have this new box, and the thing has an Nvidia 9300GE for a video > card.
If you have some 'return if unsatisfied' option, you should use it to get another graphics card if possible. Intel and ATI beeing the most open-source friendly ones these days, followed by VIA. > It appears to have an HDMI output, as well as a DVI. I was > wondering if anyone was able to get X to function with this. OR, if > there is a way for me to get it to work using any of the various "X" > commands. > > Right now, the dmesg says the following: > >> vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 vendor "NVIDIA", unknown product 0x06e0 rev >> 0xa1 > > According to the nv(4) page, it should be supported. I ran xorgconfig > and set the Geforce driver, but receive a "no screens found" error. > > I don't mind the "read 'man 8 make-it-work'" comments. I have had > Intel video in the past, and they just worked. My old inspiron 9300 > has an Nvidia card that just works. I am assuming that it is just too > new to be supported yet. Any help is appreciated... > If you can't get a card from a vendor with better support, start by sending the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file after tring to run X. -- Matthieu Herrb
