On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Adam F. Bogacki wrote:
> "apt-get install xserver-xfree86 xbase-clients"
>
> (nifty the way apt-get fires up the modem for the download, then shuts it
> down)
Cool, isn't it!
> except for one thing .... the install routine gave a very restricted choice
> of video cards.
> My system uses the NVIDIA TNT2 SERIES v.365 video card so I chose the 'nv'
> option ...
A wise choice, and the best under the circumstances. If you want the best
possible support for your card, though, you'll need to get the binary-only
drivers from nVidia's website (www.nvidia.com) and install them. There's a
kernel module (for DRM) and a bunch of libraries which replace ones already
on your system, as well as a new 'nvidia' XFree 4 driver.
> When I rebooted I was still in console mode, with the following readout.
> (==) Using configfile: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
> Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/XF86Config
> Device section "Primary Card" must have a driver line.
Aah, bugger. Time to fire up the text editor and take a look at
/etc/X11/XF86Config. My guess is it's still the 3.3.6 one, worse luck.
The Debian XFree 4 config script is still shot at this time - it
occasionally works, but usually craps up in a variety of interesting ways.
I've put up a copy of the config file I used when I was using the nv driver
previously, at http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16/XF86Config-nv. I've since
upped to the closed-source nvidia driver, which works well but requires a
pile of fiddling. If you're running a 2.4.3 kernel, I've got a private
package I created of all the necessary stuff. Add a line to sources.list:
deb http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16/debian local contrib
and do the necessary update. Then apt-get install nvidia, it'll install the
libraries and everything required. The module was compiled for 2.4.3, but
there is a tarball of the source code for the kernel module in
/usr/src/modules if you want to recompile for another 2.4 kernel. I doubt
it'll work on 2.2, but you can try.
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