Re: Geforce FX 5900XT
Hi James,
My APT Sources.list contains:
deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 sarge main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 sarge main contrib
non-free
and I am running kernelversion 2.6.8-10-amd64-k8 which is a stock kernel.
Brian
On Sunday 06 March 2005 02:29 am, you wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> What kernel version and APT sources are you using? My apt doesn't appear
> to have nvidia-kernel-common...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> James
>
> Brian R. Whitecotton wrote:
> >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!!!
> >>
> >>--
> >>http://desktux.xs4all.nl/
> >>desktux@desktux.xs4all.nl
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