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From: Francisco Rivas <taken2k4@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers and vesa on GeForce 6100 nForce 400
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 12:40:48
Message-Id: 2fcf3fa50705100531j4b4fd2ebk2d604a713e24f822@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers and vesa on GeForce 6100 nForce 400 by Iain Buchanan
1 Good day,
2
3 What kernel have you?, what version of xorg?
4
5 :D
6
7 On 5/10/07, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au> wrote:
8 >
9 > Is it possible to get nvidia binary drivers working for an onboard
10 > GeForce 6100 nForce 400? lspci doesn't recognise it:
11 > 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device
12 > 03d2 (rev a2)
13 >
14 > I saw it listed in _one_ nvidia-drivers package (on the nvidia website)
15 > as supported, but it hasn't been since.
16 >
17 > Also, when I try and boot with vesafb-tng, I get this error in the
18 > kernel output:
19 >
20 > vesafb: BUG, returned from vm86 with ffffffff (EIP: 0xc0fcc)
21 > vesafb: warning, copying modelist from somewhere in RAM!
22 > vesafb: Sorry, pre-VBE 2.0 cards are not supported.
23 > vesafb: vbe_init failed
24 > vesafb: probe of vesafb.0 failed with error -22
25 >
26 > and a low 640x480 console resolution.
27 >
28 > anyone else have the Gigabyte GAM61VME-S2 or the nforce 400?
29 >
30 > thanks,
31 > --
32 > Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
33 >
34 > Anyone who has had a bull by the tail knows five or six more things
35 > than someone who hasn't.
36 > -- Mark Twain
37 >
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45 Francisco Rivas
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