Yeah, me too. Andrew, your best and easiest bet is to see if nvidia has a tarball, or a single file, the way matrox does. It is very easy with matrox, and if they don't offer something so simple, then I suggest you write them, and ask them to try the matrox drivers. :)
* Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001007 18:33]: > Someone with an appropriate NVidia card want to do this? > > I think he's probably talking about NVidia's non-free driver(s). > > ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: "Andrew Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: GeForce2 divers for XFree86 4.x/Debian > Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 15:46:00 -0700 > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I was wondering if you could be kind enough to repackage the geforce2 > drivers that are in RPM format into deb packages. I have had no luck > getting them to install properly. GeForce2 cards really only support > XFree86 4.x. I really love debian's advantages over other > distributions but if I can't get X to run it is hard to say this is > the right distibution. =) So the reality is that I am holding out > for debian's XFree86 4.x release but in the meantime I want to play > around with your test packages (which installed fine btw). Also, if > you were going to do this could you make sure to package the SMP > version also (I have 2 cpu's). Thanks, I really would appreciate if > you did this. If not, I understand. Get the final out! =) > > > > Andrew Kennedy > > > > [1]http://www.nvidia.com/Products/OpenLinuxDwn.nsf/b99b7f622d429347882 > 568c800771b6c?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=2#2 > > References > > 1. > http://www.nvidia.com/Products/OpenLinuxDwn.nsf/b99b7f622d429347882568c800771b6c?OpenView&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=2#2 > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | A celibate clergy is an especially good > Debian GNU/Linux | idea, because it tends to suppress any > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. > http://deadbeast.net/~branden/ | -- Carl Sagan