On 6/29/05, Jarom Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Subject: Re: [newbies] Savage/IX fedora core 4
> > On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 22:40 -0600, Jarom Jackson wrote: 
> > >       My problem is I cant figure out how to get the graphics card
> > > working. With my other computer, fedora auto detected it(nvidia
> > > geforce) and set things up to work with it, but I still had to get 
> > > nVidias drivers from there web site for it to work well (i.e. run 3d
> > > games, etc). That was pretty easy. This time though its a savage/IX
> > > and I don't know where to go or what to do.
> > 
> > >The nVidia installer is a point of some controversy. As an alternative, 
> > >livna has RPMs of nvidia's driver. I've had some annoying experiences
> > >with nvidia's installer, so livna is my preference. But like I said,
> > >it's controversial, so I won't try to tell you one of the other is 
> > >"best".
> > 
> > >Are you certain that savage/ix drivers are available for Linux? You
> > >might be out of luck. These questions are usually best addressed to Dr.
> > >Google.
> > 
> >     I don't know if there are savage/ix drivers for linux, I searched alot
> on google, and gave up. I guess I have no choice but to return to windows?

Dangling the threat of returning to windoze in front of us is a good
way to get some responses.  Way to go!

What do you mean by video not working?  I've had a thinkpad with
savage video running linux since redhat 7.something.  The video always
worked OK.  3d support has never been good, but what do you expect
from savage?

Bryan

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