Re: XFree86 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Jamie,
In the README.debian, it states:
"SUPPORT FOR 2.6 KERNELS:
------------------------
As of 1.0.5336-1, NVIDIA includes support for a 2.6 kernel. No extra
steps are required."
I have a Vaio PCG-GRT170 (no longer their absolute top of the line, but
darned close!) with an nVidia card in it. Under 2.4.24, it's working
fine. When I loaded 2.6.3, I recompiled the nVidia module from source.
The nVidia splash screen comes up, for maybe .1 seconds, then it
crashes back to the command line.
I noticed that Xwin is now giving me these errors also:
(EE) Failed to load module "GLcore" (module does not exist, 0)
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from
module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Symbol __glXActiveScreens from
module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a is unresolved!
Any idea where GLcore went?
Curt-
On Friday 05 March 2004 15:13, Jamie Penman-Smithson wrote:
> Sorry for the late reply, real life caught up with me...
>
> I tried that, and for you it'll probably work, but I was using a 2.6
> kernel, which the nvidia modules don't support yet.
>
> If you have an nvidia card and want to use it with a 2.6 kernel there
> are two excellent resources which helped me:
>
> NVIDIA Linux Driver Patches / Tonne of info on NVIDIA drivers -
> http://www.minion.de
> Andrew's Debian-nVidia HOWTO -
> http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/index.html
>
> Since you're using a 2.4.22 kernel you should be able to use XConfig
> and use the nvidia drivers without any trouble, the only reason I
> needed to download the patches was because I was using a 2.6 kernel.
>
> I've cc'd the list so if anyone comes across the thread, they have
> some pointers on how to proceed if they have the same problem I/you
> did.
>
> HTH
>
> -j
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