> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:46:07 +0100 > "Joost Kraaijeveld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I just put a NVidia GeForce FX 5200 into my machine (my Matrox 550 will not > > work properly with Xinerama after the update to x.org). I followed several > > howto's (even from the people that wrote it worked, e.g. Stefan Salewski's > > "NVidia driver successfully installed!" and his link > > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html) but I > > cannot apt-get the nvidia-kernel-source from any of the mentioned > > repositories. > > > > Is it possible to compile the module on a AMD64 system? Where can I apt-get > > the packages mentioned in howto above for AMD64? > >
Unless you really play 3D games (which I guess you don't given it's a 5200!) why do you even bother with those binary drivers? My 6600 (cheapest no-fan pci-e card I could find without 'turbo-cache' and other probably-windows-only-stuff) works very good in x.org and the framebuffer console, with mplayer, ogle, xine etc. all working very nicely. And having the framebuffer console working great at the same time is a very big bonus for me - in fact, I couldn't live without it. 3D speed is not important at all - I never use it. HTH, Jurriaan -- Beam me up, Scotty, but leave the others here. Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.15-rc5-mm1 2x4805 bogomips 0.77 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
