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Re: nvidia video cards



On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 19:34, Bob Proulx wrote:
> james leclair wrote:
[snip]
> The "nv" driver does not support framebuffer.  But if you were like me
> that option pulled you in.  Find this in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> file and comment it out.
> 
>   Option          "UseFBDev"      "true"
> 
> The framebuffer is needed for some programs, notably tuxracer, which
> use it and you won't be able to run those programs without it.  Darn!
> But at least you will have X running.

Are you sure?  I'm running XFree 4.2.1 with the binary driver
and tuxracer runs great in non-FB mode.

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