[ale] Decent low-cost AGP graphics card for a server

[James Sumners]

I looked around OpenSuSE's package search tool a bit, but I couldn't
find what I wanted to find. The nouveau driver is the open source 3D
driver for nVidia cards. What you want is the OpenSuSE equivalent of
the package described at [1].

[1] -- http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/i686/xf86-video-nv/

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed, I could totally care less about 3D.
>
> I don't seem to have the nv driver available, but I have the nouveau one.
>
> # modinfo nouveau
> filename:
> /lib/modules/2.6.34-12-default/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
> license:        GPL and additional rights
> description:    nVidia Riva/TNT/GeForce
>
> But when I tried it, startx failed for some reason.  I didn't keep the log.
>
> I really don't care what driver I use, or if I need to buy a different
> card (AGP only), so I'm very flexible on how to get something working.
>
> Greg
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Have you tried the open source "nv" driver that ships with X? If this
>> is a file server you really don't need the 3D support that the closed
>> source driver gives you. The nv driver is 2D only and should work with
>> any nVidia card you throw at it, especially older ones.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Those instructions call for the nvidia 1.0-7174 driver which is no
>>> longer available.
>>>
>>> I tried the nvidia 173.14.25 driver, but it said my old card needed
>>> the older 71.86.13 driver.
>>
>>
>>
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James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59