On 07/30/2012 07:19 PM, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
Just to be sure..... I am not the OP or the person with the problem.... OK? :-) > On Mon, 2012-07-30 at 19:05 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: >> I find the output of lspci a bit odd. I thought that it would indicate the >> card type. Mine, for example, is ... >> >> 1:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce GT 230] >> (rev a2) > Getting numeric output indicates that the pci.ids database doesn't > contain an entry for this model (usually new devices that appeared > later). That is what I was implying. Thank you for taking the time to elaborate. > >> Do you know what model you have? It "may" be that the card is not being >> detected properly or the card is not support by the default NOUVEAU driver. > I think 0de2 is "NVIDIA GeForce GT 420". You can get an updated PCI IDs > table using the update-pciids command (part of pciutils - note that this > will replace the one installed by the hwdata RPM so you may want to back > it up if you want to preserve the original). > > This ID is defined in the current list but not the version present on my > F17 systems: > > 0de2 GF108 [GeForce GT 420] > > If it's a recent device that may explain why it's not known to nouveau > (if that's the case). I looked up 0de2 at the nVidia site and it is indeed the GeForce GT 420 > > The X log should show whether it's using vesa or nouveau. Wow, that may explain why I asked for that from the OP..... :-) :-) -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
