On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:34:27AM +0000, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > I'll happily post any config files here, but (off the top of my head) > the problem is that X bombs after a couple of seconds with "no screens > found". He's got a NVidia FX mumble in there. I know that some nvidia cards will work with the nv driver that comes with Xfree86. However you won't get any acceleration out of it. Some of the newer cards won't even work with that and will require the nvidia drivers. I'm not sure if there are any nvidia cards out there that won't even work with vesa... > o any AGP gotchas I should look out for? I've only installed on a PCI > system before .. Usually it's just about the same as PCI, except if you want to set up hardware accelerated 3d, then you need to worry about AGP drivers, etc. > o What's the lowest common denominator driver that I should be starting > with to get over the absolutely-no-GUI-accessible hurdle? Usually this is vesa. I guess X 3.3 has an svga server :) > o What files can I post here to help you help me? Well here are the relevant parts of a generic XF86Config-4 file: Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "vesa" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 28-50 VertRefresh 43-75 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection There's always the option to use nvidia's proprietary (non-free) drivers. They should work with all the recent nvidia cards (AFAIK). Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com> http://www.crasseux.com
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