Re: [gentoo-user] Arrghh,,, X.org and NVidia

[Kristian Poul Herkild]

Michael 'entropie' Trommer wrote:
> * Kristian Poul Herkild (kristian@×××××××.dk) wrote:
>
> first, thats _not_ an xorg problem.
>
>
>>I'm trying to get X.org to work with the drivers from NVidia instead of
>>the nv driver, so I can play bzflag and so on.
>>
>>But when I'm trying to load X.org with the nvidia kernel it freaks out
>>complaining about no screens.
>>
>>It looks like this:
>>
>>(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
>>(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
>>(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
>>(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>Where do I start to make it work _my_ way?
>
>
>
> i guess your nvidia card is an old one (lspci). i use a gf 2ti and there are
> some issues with the new kernelversions and the nvidia driver (read
> about that on nvidia.com)
>
> at least i got all working fine:
> Linux violet 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 #2
>
> and the 6626 nvidia driver (i think thats the right version, but iam
> not sure) as binary/installer from nvidia.com.
>
> So long
> --
> Michael 'entropie' Trommer;  http://ackro.org
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Aaahhh... that's why.

Yeah, it's quite old. An old GF2 MX400 :p ... it's almost blasphemy to 
call it a graphics card.

I'll see what I can find then ;)

-Kristian Poul Herkild
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