Re: Problems etc. when installing pure64
Philipp Frauenfelder <pfrauenf@debian.org> writes:
> - I have the following graphics card:
>
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
> Subsystem: LeadTek Research Inc.: Unknown device 53c3
> Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 16
> Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
> Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
> Expansion ROM at faf00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0
>
> and a "Eizo FlexScan L767" with a DVI cable. The monitor only
> showed green or purple or blue snow instead of a gdm login
> screen after installing xserver-xfree86. I had to install the
> binary driver from NVidia to get a usable picture under X. The
> text console worked from the beginning. I have only hacked the
> nvidia-graphics-drivers source package to build it for amd64
> (including the driver from NVidia) but would be willing to
> share this with other if there is interest.
Please send a patch to the BTS, easiest with "reportbug -A patch
nvidia-graphics-drivers".
MfG
Goswin
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