Re: Newbie, Video help

["Nguyen, Cuong K." <cuongkieunguyen@gmail.com>]

On 07/25/2007 11:20 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:

justin reeves wrote:
  

heres the response 
    

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 nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600] (r ev a2)
    

That really is an nVidia and so using the 'nv' driver should work.
  

You can also try nvidia driver if you want to have a fancy desktop with 3D capabilities. The link below will help you to install that non-free driver:

http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

KC.

Determine what resolution your monitor can support and then
try this:

  $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

The default installation probably installed the 'vesa' driver.  That
is a generic driver that generally always works but has limited
resolution.  Select the 'nv' driver.  Select additional higher
resolutions as appropriate for your monitor.

After reconfiguring this should write a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
You can verify that the new 'nv' driver is listed there:

  $ grep Driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Bob