Re: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 problems
* Frank McCormick <fmccormick@videotron.ca> [2008 Jul 31 16:36 -0500]:
> Well I just spent 2 hours trying again. The VESA driver gave me
> the same results...blank screen after GDM loaded. The final law of the
> xorg log file is:
>
> (EE) AIGLX Screen 0 is not DRI capable.
>
> What is DRI and why does a combination of a fairly recent Nvidia card
> and a new LG LCD monitor not give me a DRI capable screen ?
Direct Rendering Interface, I believe, and is the basis for 3D.
> Maybe I shouldn't say this but my Ubuntu installation (Gutsy) had the
> card up and running in 5 minutes
Can you replicate the Xorg file that Ubuntu created on Debian? Really,
it seems as though the nv driver ought to at least run the card in 2D
mode while the proprietary nvidia driver is needed for 3D and other
effects/features.
Your Xorg.conf file can be rather minimal as the X server will probe
for most things, at least on Etch or newer.
- Nate >>
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