[ale] Re: nvidia

[Bob Toxen]

Zeb,

I finally followed the advice of another ALEer and changed my Driver
in xorg.conf from nvidia to nv (no doubt the watered down version), at
least for now.

I may try the new NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run driver that you
recommend (or the legacy proprietary driver that another ALEer)
recommended with my 2.6.22.9-desktop-1mdv kernel on my now Mandriva
2008.0 desktop.  (I run Slackware on my laptop and all servers).

Thanks!

Bob

On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:44:40AM -0500, zeb wrote:
> Bob:
> 
> Did you ever get your Nvidia driver working?
> 
> I had a problem with mine.  I installed Slack 12 on a box that has an Nvidia 
> Fx 5200 card and it wouldn't run X.  So I edited "xorg.conf".  In the section 
> labeled "screen", I replaced "VESA framebuffer" with "nv", and I get a 
> display.  I don't get all the Nvidia goodies, but I do get a display.
> 
> Nvidia has a universal driver on their  website. It is supposed to be 
> cumulative.  The most recent driver is "NVIDIA-Linux-x86-169.07-pkg1.run"
> which works with Slack 11 and kernel 2.4.33.3, but it does not compile with 
> Slack 12 and kernel 2.6.23.3.  If you have any success with this driver, I 
> will appreciate a hint.
> 
> Hope this not is not "a dollar short and a day late" and that it helps.
> 
> Regards, Zeb