"Seth chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a couple of quick questions:-
>
> first, i think there is something wrong with the card database for
> Xf86config and XF86Setup, it causes a segmentation fault, and then dies
> every time i try to use either of those
you should use "XFdrake".
> Second, i have a dual p3 450, running the smp kernal, and i want to install
> the beta drivers for my Nvidia TNT2. This has proved to be a near
> impossible task. I can barely decipher the config file that was generated
> by the installation program, and on top of that, where they say to add lines
> for the installation, they don't work when starting X. i am just totally
> confused. I didn't have this problem on a friends computer, he is running
> slack and i justs installed Xfree86 4 and then did the nvidia config, it
> just doesn't seem to work with the auto generated config file (the rpm
> install) and i can't make the src rpm or the tarball install work either,
> even after 8 hours of tinkering. just recently i did it on a mandrake 7.0
> system and it worked fine as well. (downloaded 4.0, then installed the
> drivers) I don't know what it is about the config file that comes with 7.1,
> i just can't undertsand it. has anyone had similar problems? a tnt2 isn't
> THAT rare a video card :)
for the config file you just need to modify: ``driver "nv"'' by ``driver
"nvidia"'' if my memory recalls well.
anyway, it was that sort of simple for me.
it's hard/not-our-intention to provide good support for closed-source
drivers.
--
Guillaume Cottenceau
