Re: why is debian the only distribution that won't let me run X?
On Tuesday 28 October 2003 15:06, Bruno Boettcher wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 01:39:15PM -0200, klaus imgrund wrote:
> > Xfree 4.2 will not work with nvidia FX cards.You'll need the nvidia
drivers
> > installed.To install those you'll need at least the kernel headers for
your
> which crash my comp...
>
> > kernel installed and probably also the source.Don't know the debian way.
> i allready went through that procedure... it only crashes the comp...
>
> > Although the PCI ID for your card is strange (0x032c)
> > What kind of nvidia ist that?
> complete specs are on http://www.medion.de/:
> > Fx cards look like this (supposedly):
> >
> > o GeForce FX 5800 Ultra 0x0301
> > o GeForce FX 5800 0x0302
> > o GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 0x0311
> > o GeForce FX 5600 0x0312
> > o GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 0x0321
> > o GeForce FX 5200 0x0322
> Nvidia Geforce FX Go 5300m 64 Megabyte DDR-SDRAM (auf Hauptplatine)
>
Ok - to go that is.
My best guess is that the card is not supported by the nvidia driver since it
isn't listed at nvidia.An email to their support might clear this up for you.
Other than that you could try xfree 4.3.
Klaus
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