On Thursday 16 Oct 2003 23:03, Ian Truelsen wrote: > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 21:56:53 +0100 (BST) > > "Dhruba Bandopadhyay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <quote who="Ian Truelsen"> > > > > > I am looking to get a new video card for my desktop (the old > > > Voodoo 3 is starting to show its age). What I would like to know > > > is which of the big two nVidia or ATI are better supported under > > > Linux for framebuffer stuff and for DRI. > > > > > > Given the choice between the two, which would you choose for > > > Linux? > > > > When I bought my card recently, that was exactly my question. What > > is (1) the most powerful card that (2) makes no noise and (3) works > > perfectly in linux? > > > > The answer I concluded upon was the "Asus V9520 Magic/T GeForce FX > > 5200 128MB (GX-013-AS)". That's the sixth card down on the link > > below. > > Great minds think alike. That is the board that I bought today. > Installed without a hitch and gets 3D accel right out of the box. The > only problem that I have is that it does not see to like the frame > buffer modes from grub. I had vga=794 in my grub line, which worked > fine for my Voodoo3, but results in a blank black screen for the > nVidia. > > I enabled the frambuffer setup in the kernel, but the only option > that I saw there was for the riva, which I enabled but doesn't seem > to get the proper functionality.
That's why you have a problem. Don't enable riva fb. Choose VESA fb instead. I use vga791 with no problem on my Asus V9560. Peter -- ====================================================================== Portage 2.0.49-r13 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1, 2.4.23_pre7-gss) i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+ ====================================================================== -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
