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Re: X configuration problem



On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 11:31:07AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 02:59, bernard wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have just installed Debian 3.0. The PC is equipped with an ASUS V7100 
> > graphics card (based on a nVidia GeForce2 MX chipset). I use an ordinary 15" 
> > monitor.
> > 
> > When starting the X server, I receive the following error message :
> > (EE) Screens(s) found, but none have a usable configuration
> > 
> > I guess that the problem is due to a configuration error in 
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (to be found hereunder)
> > 
> > I tried to restart X with different values for the DefaultDepth parameter but 
> > with no success...
> > 
> > Some hints would be greatly appreciated...
> > 
> [snip]
> > Section "Device"
> >         Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
> >         Driver          "nv"
> >         Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
> > EndSection
> 
> I'm 99.44% sure that Nvidia doesn't "do" the frame buffer.  Try this:
> 
>   Section "Device"
>         Identifier "Generic Video Card"
>         Driver     "nv"
>         BusID      "AGP:01:00:0"  # use lspci to adjust to your system 
>         VideoRam   32768  # because I have 32768KB RAM
>   EndSection

I'm pretty sure that X (n x86, anyway) can detect the BusID and VideoRAM
itself.

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