[ale] Re: nvidia

[Jack Schneider]

On Mon, 2008-01-14 at 14:41 -0500, Bob Toxen wrote:
> Zeb,
> 
> I finally followed the advice of another ALEer and changed my Driver
> in xorg.conf from nvidia to nv (no doubt the watered down version), at
> least for now.
> 
> I may try the new NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run driver that you
> recommend (or the legacy proprietary driver that another ALEer)
> recommended with my 2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv kernel on my now Mandriva
> 2008.0 desktop.  (I run Slackware on my laptop and all servers).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bob
> 
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:44:40AM -0500, zeb wrote:
> > Bob:

Bob, 
I run 2.6.22-3-amd64 on my debian box, NV 8600GT card. I used the
`169.07' NVIDIA driver.  the only thing I did to overcome the compile
error (wrong gcc version) was to "export CC=gcc-4.1" before running
NVIDIA*.run, it compiles and installs fine..

Jack





> > 
> > Did you ever get your Nvidia driver working?
> > 
> > I had a problem with mine.  I installed Slack 12 on a box that has an Nvidia 
> > Fx 5200 card and it wouldn't run X.  So I edited "xorg.conf".  In the section 
> > labeled "screen", I replaced "VESA framebuffer" with "nv", and I get a 
> > display.  I don't get all the Nvidia goodies, but I do get a display.
> > 
> > Nvidia has a universal driver on their  website. It is supposed to be 
> > cumulative.  The most recent driver is "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run"
> > which works with Slack 11 and kernel 2.4.33.3, but it does not compile with 
> > Slack 12 and kernel 2.6.23.3.  If you have any success with this driver, I 
> > will appreciate a hint.
> > 
> > Hope this not is not "a dollar short and a day late" and that it helps.
> > 
> > Regards, Zeb
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