Package: xdebconfigurator
Version: 1.13.demudi2
Severity: important
Hi,
on this Dell Inspiron 8600, the latest hwinfo package suggests both
"nvidia" and "nv" as X driver:
20: PCI 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[...]
Model: "ATI GeForce FX Go5200"
Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
Device: pci 0x0324 "GeForce FX Go5200"
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "ATI Technologies Inc"
SubDevice: pci 0x019c
Revision: 0xa1
Driver: "nvidia"
[...]
Driver Info #0:
XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv
Driver Info #1:
XFree86 v4 Server Module: nvidia
3D Support: yes
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #10 (PCI bridge)
and latest xdebconfigurator chooses "nvidia" over "nv":
VIDEO DRIVER: nvidia
VIDEO DRIVER SRC: hwinfo
Obviously the generated XF86Config-4 does not work unless one has the
nvidia packages and the appropriate kernel module installed, and the
problem is that nvidia is non-free.
Personally I have the nvidia driver installed, but this is not the
rule (e.g. A/DeMuDi doesn't ship any non-free software).
Moreover notice that changing:
Driver "nvidia"
with
Driver "nv"
in the generated /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, does works as well, and gives
the same results as with "nvidia".
However tuning the generated /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 with the patch
below gives MUCH better and nicer results.
So what I'd do is before choosing nvidia as X driver run the test:
if test ! -e "`modprobe -l nvidia`" && $(dpkg -l nvidia-glx | grep -q ^ii)
then
# Ok let's use nvidia, and write an improved XF86Config-4 (see the
patch below)
else
# Just use nv
fi
Here follows a patch to get the best performance out of the NVidia
drivers. It works on my machine and should work in most
cases. Additional information can be found in the appendix D of this
document:
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-6629/README.txt
--- /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 2005-01-27 11:36:10.000000000 +0100
+++ XF86Config-4.MY 2005-01-27 11:37:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -66,15 +66,19 @@
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
+
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI GeForce FX Go5200"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Xdebc Monitor"
- HorizSync 28-50
- VertRefresh 43-75
+ HorizSync 30-92
+ VertRefresh 50-85
+ Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
+ Modeline "1280x800" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI GeForce FX Go5200"
Monitor "Xdebc Monitor"
- DefaultDepth 16
+ DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" "640x480"
"320x240" "320x200" "320x400"
@@ -105,7 +109,7 @@
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
- Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400" "640x480"
"320x240" "320x200" "320x400"
+ Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1280x800"
EndSubSection
EndSection
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (901, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-multimedia-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages xdebconfigurator depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii discover1 1.7.6 hardware identification system
ii kudzu 1.1.67-1 The Red Hat Linux hardware probing
ii perl-modules 5.8.4-5 Core Perl modules
-- debconf information:
base-config/menu/xdebconfigurator:
* xdebconfigurator/generate-at-boot: false
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