Grant Edwards wrote: > I can't seem to find an nvidia driver version that works with a > PCI FX5200. Versions later >= 173.15 don't support the 5200 > series. I tried several 173.14.xx versions, and they all build > and the nvidia module loads, but Xorg dies with an illegal > instruction signal when it starts. (Xorg runs fine with the > "nv" driver.) I'm trying the 100.14.19 driver, but so far, I > can't get it to compile. I've tried 2.6.27 and 2.6.25 kernels, > and the nvidia module fails to compile with them. I'm trying > 2.6.24 next, but it takes so long to build kernels on a 400MHz > box that the trail and error approach is pretty frustrating. > > Is there a database somewhere of what nvidia driver versions > work with which kernel versions and which boards? > >
I have a FX5200 here and this works well. r...@smoker / # equery list nvidia [ Searching for package 'nvidia' in all categories among: ] * installed packages [I--] [ ] media-video/nvidia-settings-169.07 (0) [I--] [ ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-173.14.09 (0) r...@smoker / # r...@smoker / # cat /etc/make.conf | grep nv VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv" r...@smoker / # You may have to mask the newer ones. They do not work with mine at least. The last info is in make.conf. Dale :-) :-)
