[ale] X new problem

[Steve Brown]

On Jan 11, 2008 3:28 PM, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:

> I fixed THAT X problem with a symlink (noted at the end of this
> posting).
>
> NOW when I do startx, it complains:
>
>
> <snip>
>
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 GPU installed in this system
> is
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     supported through the NVIDIA 96.43.xx Legacy drivers.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     Please visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.htmlfor
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     more information.  The 100.14.19 NVIDIA driver will
> ignore
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     this GPU.  Continuing probe...
> (EE) No devices detected.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
>
> <snip>
>
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier "device1"
>    VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
>    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 3 - GeForce 4 (96xx)"
>    Driver "nvidia"
>    Option "DPMS"
>    Option "RenderAccel" "false"
>    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
>    Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
> EndSection


I didn't think you had to install the legacy nvidia driver for a GeForce2
(atleast for me using Ubuntu), but it looks like you might just have to.

-SteveB
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