Re: NVidia GeForce 6150 Go
On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 10:42 +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 18:38:57 -0700, consultores1 wrote:
> > hello
> >
> > I am using 1 portatil compaq presario 3000 amd64x2, it has 1 nvidia
> > geforce 6150 go video card; with lenny, i want to connect my laptop to
> > my tv, but i can not do that because in my understanding i have to
> > install the free nvidia module or the private module!
> >
> > The thing is, that the free module doesn't appear during the updates,
> > and my preference is using only free software.
>
> The package with the free driver is called xserver-xorg-video-nv; it is
> available in Lenny/main in version 1:2.1.10-1. You should see it listed
> if you run:
>
> apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-nv
>
> If this package is not available to you then something is wrong with
> your mirror.
>
> If you have the package installed you can run
>
> grep /drivers/ /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>
> after you start Xorg to find out which driver was loaded. For the nv
> driver you should see this output:
>
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so
Yes, it is exact; it is installed and loaded! Now, how can i activate
the 2nd screen (tv)? I have a s-video cable which i usually used with
XP. I use Totem.
>
> > Could someone please, tell me how could i connect my laptop to tv
> > appropiatelly?
>
> This should work via xrandr now; see the Debian wiki for more info:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12
>
> --
> Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer
> Florian |
>
>
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