Re: Re: Xorg does not detect nvidia card
I could not get my card to work in lenny until I installed the NVIDIA Proprietary drivers.
Ben
On Mar 22, 2009 10:28am, "Chris \"Bigguy\"" <bigguy_40@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I see I didn't make this clear; my bad.
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> I'm expecting Lenny to employ the 'nv' driver, which will be acceptable for me. Lenny is not using any driver at all according to 'xorg.conf'; all devices are declared as generic, including video and monitor.
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> How can I force Lenny to use the 'nv' driver?
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> - Chris
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> --- On Sun, 3/22/09, fight4port25@gmail.com fight4port25@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > From: fight4port25@gmail.com fight4port25@gmail.com>
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> > Subject: Re: Xorg does not detect nvidia card
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> > To: "debian-ppc" debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org>
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> > Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 2:49 AM
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> > Google "Proprietary NVIDIA
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> > drivers lenny"
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> > easy fix...... have fun
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> > On Mar 22, 2009 12:42am, "Chris
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> > \"Bigguy\""
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> > bigguy_40@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > Under Etch this worked fine with a minor modification
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> > > under Lenny, clean install on
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> > Power Mac G4, the contents of the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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> > indicate only generic devices are employed for keyboard,
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> > mouse, video and monitor. The install should have detected
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> > my Nvidia GeForce 2 MX card and allowed me to edit the item
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> > that was problematic under Etch.
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> > > How can I force Lenny to detect the video
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> > card and monitor, as Etch did?
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> > > - Chris; Rochester, New York
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