>
> What happens if you change to the "nv" driver?
It works normally. Here's the relevant bit in the xorg log:
[ 21.365] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[ 21.365] (II) Loading /usr/lib/X11/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
[ 21.380] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 21.380] compiled for 1.12.2, module version = 2.1.18
[ 21.380] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 21.380] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[ 21.380] (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128 ... long list of
Nvidia cards
[ 21.386] (--) NV: Found NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT at 03@00:00:0
> For some reason the nouveux driver is not recognizing your card. What
> does lspci say about your video HW?
01:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation Device 01b3 (rev a3)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation Device 01b3 (rev a3)
02:01.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation Device 01b3 (rev a3)
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8700M GT]
(rev a1)
>
Armin suggests I make some upgrades. Guess I should go ahead and try that.
jb.
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