Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 16:12:29 +1000
"Andrew R Reid" <andrew@cpplating.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wim De Smet [mailto:fragmeat@yucom.be]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 10 December 2002 1:52 AM
> > To: sean finney
> > Cc: benjim@bikerider.com; debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: NVidia Riva TNT PCI with XFree86
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > This isn't true. These packages are for the nvidia kernel
>
> --snip--
>
> Well actually, what Mr. Finney said *is* true. They question was "Has
> anyone set this up?" referring to the proprietary glx packages.
>
> Mr. Finney's reply was
>
> "yeah, you need a couple packages. install
>
> nvidia-kernel-src
> nvidia-glx-src
>
> and follow the directions you get in /usr/share/doc/nvidia*"
>
> What isn't true about that?
You don't need those kernel packages, since u can use the X drivers.
>
> If Ben posts the output from starting his X server that would be a good
> start, and then we can make an *informed* decision as to what might be
> wrong.
>
> Regards
>
> Andrew R. Reid
>
>
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Greets,
Wim
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