was just looking at the linux drivers page at nvidia.com .. guess waht they now have a download for the source files for both the kernel and the glx. guess that means they went open source? personally i need to compile the source for my lm8.1rc3...its stuck in text mode ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 3:27 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Video cards > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:55 PM > > To: Dennis Myers > > Cc: Newbie Linux-Mandrake > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Video cards > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I don't know what I am doing different, but I have an nVidia > > GeForce II on > > an card made by Asus (I think it is the V7700), and I have > > ABSOLUTELY no > > problems with it; in fact, I followed the directions that I found on > > nVidia's page, and on MUO, and voila, fait accompli! I have > > nice gfx, can > > run OpenGL apps beautifully and couldn't be happier with it (which is > > good, since I bought it very shortly after the GeForce II was > > released, > > when it was VERY expensive, and would be FURIOUS if I WAS having > > difficulties!). > > > > Anyways, I was just posting this to let people who are on the > > market know > > that the GeForce II DOES work with LM8 (beautifully in fact), > > and to give > > hope to those I have seen posting here that they have had > > difficulties, > > and have relegated their GeForce II based vid cards to paper weights. > > > > As an aside, I did NOT use the drivers that came with LM8, > > but downloaded > > them from either nVidia or Asus site (I can't remember). I > > have both the > > src.rpm and the rpm, for both the kernel module and the > > driver, and they > > are all labelled as being for LM7.2, so what I did is: > > > > rpm --rebuild ladida.src.rpm > > > > > > Yes. > But the the same will not work if you upgrade to 8.1. > Read some of the Cooker post regarding the Nvidia drivers > or try running the same card in other distros. > > I am glad you are happy with your card and congratulate you in being > successful in getting the driver to work on your system. > But even if they worked in most cases, which they do not, I would still > not recommend that card for use in Linux. > > I do not mind having to configure hardware for it to work but I'll be damned > if I am going to have to build drivers for it with no guarrantee that they > will work just because the microsoft of the hardware world is too paranoid > and such an ahole that they will only release binaries. > > I consider my GeForceII paperweight an educational tool from which knowledge > was obtained and I intend to continue passing that knowledge to others. > > Charles (-: > > Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. > And for too many there are now no tomorrows. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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