On Sun, 29 Jul 2001 15:54:12 -0700 "John Wheat" <jhbbz@home.com> wrote: > I am new to Debian and relatively new to Linux and ask your help with > this > God forsaken nVidia card. > I initially installed 2.2r0 and upgraded the system to 2.2r3 followed by > a > dist-upgrade to Woody (for Xfree4.0.3). When I enter the command xf86cfg > the > command is unrecognized. I have never been able to get even a frame > buffered > support for this card and subsequently no X! I have tried all that I > know of > to do with the dist-upgrades for a more current set-up but all has > failed. I > also did a simple package selection which seemingly does not install > kernl > headers or source as /usr/src/linux does not contain these items unless > Debian stores them elsewhere. I was going to try and compile the > Nvidia-src > files I found on one of the Debian FTP sites that I read of in the > archives, > but no kernel-src-headers. > TIA, > John Wheat > John, If you manage to get the nVidia driver to compile, I have an XF86Config-4 for an nVidia RIVA TNT. That ought to work with all other nVidia cards as well, with a little tweaking to make it conform to your monitor, it might help you. Drop me an email off-list if you're interested. BTW, prepare for lots of fun, the nVidia drivers are not noted for their stability. Mart -- 'Quoth the mailserver: 554!'
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