Florian Ernst wrote:
Hello 'wadaminoru'! His 'x window' doesn't boot up and he asks for guidance. He already tried 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' but this didn't help. He feels sorry for asking, but does anyone have a hint for him. He uses a NVidia 'G-fource3' graphics card. wadaminoru, please note this list's language is english. Sorry, I personally don't know much about graphics cards... Cheers, Flo PS: I CC you as I don't know whether you are subscribed or not.
I have a NVidia MX-440 and I use NVidia's driver 4496.I also have Backstreet Ruby (multiple users on one box with multiple X servers) but I don't think that matters for this to work.
I download the closed-source driver from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496.html
and do as they say.That creates a module in ../kernel/drivers/video. I put that module (nvidia) in /etc/modules (I run kernel 2.4.23, patched for Backstreet Ruby) So then he loads nvidia when booting.
I run woody but compiled my own X4.3.0 because there are no binaries for Backstreet Ruby and Woody, but that should not matter.
I attach XF86Config-4 as a bzipped file, that identifies the driver as "nvidia" in the device section.
Should run as advertized. Hugo
Attachment:
XF86Config-4.bz2
Description: application/vnd.mozilla.guess-from-ext