Re: Configuring XFree86 version 4
Thus spake Deryk Barker (dbarker@turing.cs.camosun.bc.ca):
> One further piece of info: I tested the new system out by booting
> Knoppix, which ran just fine.
>
> So I thought I could snag the XF86Config-4 from that - put it onto
> floppy (!) etc.
>
> Did all that and it still didn't work - but the Knoppix-derived config
> used the nv driver and Knoppix is based on unstable.
>
> I'm dist-upgrading to testing right now to see if there's a new enough
> nv driver in that...
Which there is.
So, just so's we all know: the nv driver in Xfree86 4.0 does *not*
support Geforce 4 cards; the nv driver in XFree86 4.2 does.
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