Lennart Sorensen wrote:
Well it certainly works with 2.6.24 which is the kernel currently in
unstable. Until 2.6.25 enters unstable I won't have a clue if the
nvidia driver works with it, nor will I particularly care. :)
The nvidia-breaking change was before 2.6.24, so there is hope.
I have
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:23:47AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
That is one big problem with nvidia - my laptop needs a more recent
kernel than that in order to have sound and wifi. So
I use 2.6.25 with a wifi patch now, and with luck that patch will
go into 2.6.26 so
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:27:51PM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote:
There is a nvidia driver in unstable now, that works with 2.6.25?
Interesting - I can try it when I get time then. I run mostly
testing with some unstable stuff now and then.
Well it certainly works with 2.6.24 which is the
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 07:54:43AM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote:
Thanks, and sorry for being dense, but when you say 'the 196 driver' (or 1xx
driver, as you say in your howto), what should I be getting. I seem to be
unable to find any debian packages with that number
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 04:08:15PM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote:
Thanks, I got it from sid. m-a compiled it all right, but X didn't want to
find the module. I had to leave for work, I will dig deeper when I get
home...
Thanks all, especially Lennart. I have nvidia now working. Don't know why it
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 09:52:09AM +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote:
$ apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-source
nvidia-kernel-source:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.0.8776-4
Version table:
169.12-1 0
50 http://ftp2.de.debian.org sid/non-free Packages
1.0.8776-4 0
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 07:56:13PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
Other than games, for what is 3d used? Does it take 3d to render a
movie full-screen using the hardware, or is that a 2d function?
Effects like those in compiz and beryl do use openGL, so it is used for
things other than games.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 07:54:43AM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote:
Thanks, and sorry for being dense, but when you say 'the 196 driver' (or 1xx
driver, as you say in your howto), what should I be getting. I seem to be
unable to find any debian packages with that number in it.
You have a nice
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 10:04:45AM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote:
Ah, that was the problem.
apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-source
nvidia-kernel-source:
Installed: 1.0.8776-4
Candidate: 1.0.8776-4
Version table:
*** 1.0.8776-4 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I had misunderstood
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 09:49:51AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
non-free packages often lag severely in Lenny, often right up until a
few weeks before release. The build system does not promote non-free
packages automatically from unstable to testing as far as I am aware.
Thanks, I got it
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 04:08:15PM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote:
Thanks, I got it from sid. m-a compiled it all right, but X didn't want to
find the module. I had to leave for work, I will dig deeper when I get
home...
Remember to install the nvidia-glx package from Sid as well. The
version on
Other than games, for what is 3d used? Does it take 3d to render a
movie full-screen using the hardware, or is that a 2d function?
CAD programs, 3d modelling programs, a few renderers, etc. It's not
just eye candy that needs a hardware accelerated display.
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GeForce 8XXX G80, G84, G86, G92
Just a data point: I am running LInux 2.6.18-5-amd64 on a ATI-based
motherboard and a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, with
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600 GT (rev a1)
The nv driver
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:17:02PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
I haven't seen an Intel video card, just MBs with integrated Intel
video. Is there an Intel video card, if so what is it called?
There isn't (at this time). That has been in the past (they were crap)
and there supposedly will
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:04:35PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
the reverse engineered nvidia driver is working now,
cant recall the name of it.
nv
Which is 2d only, the nouveau driver is the one aiming for
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:08:44AM +, A J Stiles wrote:
I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home desktop. (It
will probably run Sid.)
Does anyone know of a graphics card which is definitely supported by Free
drivers?
Already mentioned in this thread are the
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:04:35PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
just go
apt-get install module-assistant
m-a prepare nvidia
m-a a-i nvidia
apt-get install nvidia-settings nvidia-glx
viola! just need to configure X somewhat.
Doesn't work for me. Compilation fails. I find several warnings
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 08:38:54PM +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote:
Doesn't work for me. Compilation fails. I find several warnings in the file
nvidia-kernel-source.buildlog.2.6.24-1-amd64.1207765467
for example:
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-1-amd64'
echo
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:00:02AM -0400, Robert Isaac wrote:
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:04:35PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
the reverse engineered nvidia driver is working now,
cant recall the name of it.
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 03:53:55PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
Well the 169 driver in unstable works fine with 2.6.24. The one in
stable works fine with 2.6.18 (but I don't believe it supports an 8xxx
cards).
My howto on installing it on Debian is here:
I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home desktop. (It
will probably run Sid.)
Does anyone know of a graphics card which is definitely supported by Free
drivers?
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Yes, I have a Nvidia GeForce 7300 that worked completely out of the box in
my Debian Testing amd64 box. I do however have contribnon-free enabled in
my sources.list...
2008/4/8, A J Stiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home
desktop. (It
will
Hi,
AMD/ATI has recently started releasing information regarding their
Radeon graphics cards.
A new open-source project, called RadeonHD, will take advantage of
this information, in order to develop a fully functional, fully
open,device driver for new ATI graphics cards, with excellent
the reverse engineered nvidia driver is working now,
cant recall the name of it.
is there any reason you cant use with nvidia blob? it works well in
linux and in debian
just go
apt-get install module-assistant
m-a prepare nvidia
m-a a-i nvidia
apt-get install nvidia-settings nvidia-glx
Pretty happy with on-board intel here. Works out-of-the-box with
Lenny, with compiz,etc..
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82946GZ/GL
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Dean Hamstead [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the reverse engineered nvidia
After trying NVidia, ATI and on-board Intel recently, I'd agree with
Thadeu that Intel is the easiest to get running with purely open-source
drivers.
I run an NVidia 8600GT now for dual-monitor support, but I wasn't able
to get the output on the analog VGA port right (refresh rate problems on
On Tuesday 08 Apr 2008, Dean Hamstead wrote:
the reverse engineered nvidia driver is working now,
cant recall the name of it.
is there any reason you cant use with nvidia blob?
Yes: it's a binary blob, i.e. it doesn't include any Source Code. That is a
fairly compelling reason not to run
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:08:44AM +, A J Stiles wrote:
I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home desktop. (It
will probably run Sid.)
Does anyone know of a graphics card which is definitely supported by Free
drivers?
Supported to what extent?
I think onboard
On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 15:49 +, A J Stiles wrote:
On Tuesday 08 Apr 2008, Dean Hamstead wrote:
the reverse engineered nvidia driver is working now,
cant recall the name of it.
is there any reason you cant use with nvidia blob?
Yes: it's a binary blob, i.e. it doesn't include any
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 04:50:39PM +0100, Jo Shields wrote:
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The nv driver supports PCI, PCI-Express and AGP video cards
based on the following NVIDIA chips:
RIVA 128 NV3
RIVA TNT NV4
RIVA TNT2
On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 11:56 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:08:44AM +, A J Stiles wrote:
I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home desktop. (It
will probably run Sid.)
Does anyone know of a graphics card which is definitely supported by
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:08 AM, A J Stiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home desktop. (It
will probably run Sid.)
Does anyone know of a graphics card which is definitely supported by Free
drivers?
Intel, as previously stated, is the
Jo Shields wrote:
On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 15:49 +, A J Stiles wrote:
On Tuesday 08 Apr 2008, Dean Hamstead wrote:
Please define most. (That's the driver I'm using on my machine at work,
which is fitted with an older nVidia card.) I want to be certain that
whatever I buy will work
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 07:13:38AM -0400, El Amigo De La Playa wrote:
2008/4/8, A J Stiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home
desktop. (It
will probably run Sid.)
Does anyone know of a graphics card which is definitely supported by Free
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 04:59:16PM +0100, Jo Shields wrote:
On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 11:56 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:08:44AM +, A J Stiles wrote:
I'm thinking of buying a new 64-bit machine to use as my home desktop.
(It
will probably run Sid.)
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 11:04:35PM +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote:
the reverse engineered nvidia driver is working now,
cant recall the name of it.
nv
is there any reason you cant use with nvidia blob? it works well in
linux and in debian
just go
apt-get install module-assistant
m-a
just go
apt-get install module-assistant
m-a prepare nvidia
m-a a-i nvidia
On etch, there's no reason for module-assistant since the nvidia driver
is pre-packaged in non-free.
that could be the case, i run lenny on my desktops/laptop so *shrug*
Dean
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Does anyone have a list of graphics cards known to work with purely Open
Source drivers in 64 bit mode?
I do *not* mean NVidia's drivers which include a closed-source binary portion
{though there is the open source nv driver -- is that any good?} I mean an
actual, really-open-source driver
On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 11:23:03AM +0100, A J Stiles wrote:
Does anyone have a list of graphics cards known to work with purely Open
Source drivers in 64 bit mode?
I do *not* mean NVidia's drivers which include a closed-source binary portion
{though there is the open source nv driver
On 6/21/05, A J Stiles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone have a list of graphics cards known to work with purely Open
Source drivers in 64 bit mode?
64bit does not seem to be a big issues. If there are minor bugs, they
are quickly fixed.
My Radeon 9600 works fine with the free driver
A J Stiles wrote:
Does anyone have a list of graphics cards known to work with purely Open
Source drivers in 64 bit mode?
I do *not* mean NVidia's drivers which include a closed-source binary portion
{though there is the open source nv driver -- is that any good?} I mean an
actual, really
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