Re: Geforce FX 5900XT
Hi Jens,
Thanks! It all worked and what a difference!
I still feel like a newbie but learning all the time!
I really appreciate your help.
Brian
On Sunday 06 March 2005 12:19 am, Jens Vogel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Basically there are four steps to follow if you want to get nVidia
> support working. Non-free must be included in your sources.list.
>
> 1. apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source nvidia-kernel-common
> 2. Follow the steps in
> /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian
> 3. apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-settings
> 4. Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
>
> Done.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jens
>
> Brian R. Whitecotton wrote:
> > Has onyone successfully installed the nvidia provided drivers for the
> > GeForce FX 5900XT or similar chipset?
> >
> > I have a base-debian pure64 netinstall + xserver-common. et. al using
> > the basic nv driver. I have kdm as my window manager and am running
> > KDE3.3.x and it all works quite well! Very excited about that! Now, I
> > want to get hardware graphics support up and running. Any help would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Other info:
> >
> > I have installed all pertinent kernel-sources, kernel-headers, etc. The
> > nvidia installer compiles the driver with no problem but then it
> > complains about installing the nvidia module. There are symbols that
> > are unrecognized. Nvidia warns that this is usually due to incorrect
> > libs or kernel headers but I have all matching versions installed as
> > prerequisite. So I am at a loss. I am hoping someone has figured out
> > why nvidia's installer fails.
> >
> > Thank You and Advance!!!
>
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