Re: nvidia

[Andy Wettstein <awettste@cait.org>]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 04:39:44AM -0500, Matt Fair wrote:
> Hello,
> I just got a new computer from Dell.  It came with Red Hat so the first
> thing I did was uninstalled it and put Debian on it because it is so
> much easier to manage.  The problem I was having was to get XFree86 to
> work with my nVidia GeForce2 GTS .
> I downloaded the linux module for XFree86, but when I was loading X it
> couldn't find the card.
> Has anyone gotten this card to work in debian?

yes, i have.  you probably want to use these packages in debian, it'll
be easier:
nvidia-glx-src - nVIDIA binary XFree86 4.X driver
nvidia-kernel-src - nVIDIA binary kernel module

just read the readme's on how to build them, from there you just need to
change the driver in your x4 config.

> Thanks
> Matt
> 
> 
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