http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatlist3.html
The problems with the 8800's seem to happen on Intel and Via based Motherboards. I haven't heard of any problems with the recent nforce boards. On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Massimo Savino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't know if anyone is still interested in this, but I've attached output > from both dmesg and lspci -vv. Also, I spoke with the computer shop where I > purchased the card and they've agreed to check it out for defects. > > Robert, you had mentioned that the motherboard was incompatible with the > card -- where can I find a list of compatible boards for Linux? > > Thanks everyone! > Mass > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Massimo Savino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Looks like I spoke too soon. It's the motherboard, as someone else > mentioned. > > > > I am about to take a brick to it. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Massimo Savino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I reinstalled last night with the card in from the start and it appears > to be using the nv driver well. > > > > > > Now I need to test the proprietary driver, will keep everyone posted. > > > > > > Thanks Len! These are good suggestions, I'm sorry I wasn't able to test > them. > > > > > > Kind regards > > > Mass > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Lennart Sorensen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 11:34:07PM -0400, Massimo Savino wrote: > > > > > The bios got updated a few weeks ago to the most recent version. I > just > > > > > realised that I can just reinstall Debian, this time with the > videocard > > > > > plugged in from the start, and then upgrade that way. I'll try that > and see > > > > > how it goes. > > > > > > > > > > I removed the videocard and booted into a 2gb setup. seems ok, but > that's > > > > > not unexpected: it worked fine with 4gb RAM too. > > > > > > > > > > In answer to these qns: > > > > > *only part way through booting linux does it go blank? Is > > > > > there still disk activity after it goes blank? > > > > > * > > > > > Yes to the first, and the keyboard appears to function just fine, so > it > > > > > looks like it's a video issue only (thank God). > > > > > > > > Could you ssh to it from another machine and capture the ouput of > > > > 'dmesg' and 'lspci -vv' and such? Maybe there is some clue in there. > > > > If it's just the video that gets messed up the system will probably > > > > still work fine and let you access it removely assuming you have > > > > openssh-server installed. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Len Sorensen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
