Re: x server problem(s)

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Arnt Karlsen (<arnt@c2i.net>) wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:10:27 +0100,
> Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> <[🔎] buk8vu$t06$1@sea.gmane.org>:
> 
>> The diamond viper 550 is a Nvidia TNT card. I am confused about the 4
>> MB of memory, I thought these cards had 16 MB.
> 
> ..does the vga driver see anything past 4MB???
> 
>> You need the "nv" driver, but it seems you use the "vga" driver.
>> Switch to "nv" or"vesa". Run
> 
> ..<nose pinch/> There are also closed source drivers for Nvidia cards.

Yes, they are needed for 3D acceleration. Luckily, unlike more modern
nvidia cards like GF4 and GFFX, the TNT is actually supported by the
built-in nv driver of XFree 4.1, so it is not absolutely necessary to
use the nvidia driver.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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