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I think we're going somewhere because even though I blackscreened, the 7676
drivers gave me this:
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found


Well checking the supported products, only the 7800GTX is supported, not the 7800GT.

The first drivers to include 7800GT support were version 77.77 (windows only release) to coincide with the release of the 7800GT (also on August 11)

        Windows XP/2000
Version: 77.77
Release Date: August 11, 2005


The latest Linux drivers were released 2 days prior to the 7800GT being available, therefore no support for that card.

        Linux Display Driver - IA32
Version: 1.0-7676
Operating System: Linux IA32
Release Date: August 9, 2005

You would assume it would be fixed up in the next driver version, but that's no consolation. People have given benchmarks from a 7800GT on linux (gentoo even), but nothing on getting it to work.


It does also mention the NVIDIA device files so I suppose you should check that as well.

ls /dev | grep nvidia

Should give these two results
nvidia0
nvidiactl

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