On Wed January 3 2007 10:35, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 10:28:36 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > My old Matrox video card is dying. I have a new e-geforce > > 6200 and an Etch system. I have picked up on some issues about drivers > > for mVidia cards, but have no idea whether they are show stoppers for > > my using this 6200. And I have no clear idea as to how to reconfigure > > xorg most simply. I think it should just work -- if I type the right > > command at the right time. Am I correct? What is the magic command? > > Where should I look for a good guide to trouble shooting, before I get > > into trouble? > > The "nv" driver of Xorg supports Geforce 6XXX cards, but it only offers > 2D acceleration. If that is good enough for you (and assuming that the > "e-Geforce" has the same chipset), it should be as easy as running > "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" as root, selecting the "nv" driver > (should be auto-detected anyway) and starting X afterwards. > > If you want 3D acceleration then you will need the proprietary nvidia > driver. A good source of information is > > http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/
The nvidia drivers are available in etch/sid now. Just select the driver for your kernel along with nvidia-glx (and nvidia-glx-ia32 for 32bit app support on a 64bit system) along with nvidia-settings and nvidia-xconfig if desired.. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]