Re: ASUS266-VM - nic/x11

2003-01-21 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, John Griffiths wrote: > ok, now i'm getting confused (maybe just fused), > > the display driver runs the NIC as well? yup nvidia strting to make their own nic and svga drivers you need their widgets to make some mb work right c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-21 Thread John Griffiths
ok, now i'm getting confused (maybe just fused), the display driver runs the NIC as well? At 03:00 PM 1/21/03 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > >hi ya > >if you've got a mv w/ the nvidia chipset. you need to get the >latest/greatest modules from nvidia.com > >c ya >alvin > >On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, John Grif

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-21 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya if you've got a mv w/ the nvidia chipset. you need to get the latest/greatest modules from nvidia.com c ya alvin On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, John Griffiths wrote: > which module for the nic Alvin? > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-21 Thread John Griffiths
which module for the nic Alvin? At 02:05 PM 1/21/03 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > >hi ya > >> have you been able to start sound and network >> I have a similar card A7N8X but I have hard time to have at least net >> installed >> any idea > >i played w/ and have working a7s-vm a7n266e and a7m266-vm >

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-21 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya > have you been able to start sound and network > I have a similar card A7N8X but I have hard time to have at least net > installed > any idea i played w/ and have working a7s-vm a7n266e and a7m266-vm sound, video, nic all seems to work ( sometimes a little hair pulling i

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-21 Thread raymond gree
Hi, have you been able to start sound and network I have a similar card A7N8X but I have hard time to have at least net installed any idea Thanks, Raymond Alvin Oga wrote: hi ya john you will need to get the x11 and nic drivers from nvidia.com works good other than that bending over back

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-20 Thread Bob Proulx
John Griffiths wrote: > At 10:38 PM 1/20/03 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > >But that driver does not support highly accelerated display > >nor framebuffer. > > ok, i can live without hardware acceleration, do i need framebuffer > for anything in particular? Games like tuxracer use the framebuffer,

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-20 Thread John Griffiths
At 10:38 PM 1/20/03 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: >But that driver does not support highly accelerated display >nor framebuffer. ok, i can live without hardware acceleration, do i need framebuffer for anything in particular? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-20 Thread Bob Proulx
John Griffiths wrote: > if needs must I will, but i though X 4.2.1 supported geforce2? The XFree86 server supports GeForce chips using the free software 'nv' driver. But that driver does not support highly accelerated display nor framebuffer. For that you need the closed source proprietary nVidi

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-20 Thread John Griffiths
if needs must I will, but i though X 4.2.1 supported geforce2? (4.2.1 comes in knoppix) At 09:04 PM 1/20/03 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > >hi ya john > >you will need to get the x11 and nic drivers from nvidia.com > >works good other than that bending over backwards > >c ya >alvin > >On Tue, 21 Jan 2

Re: ASUS266-VM

2003-01-20 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya john you will need to get the x11 and nic drivers from nvidia.com works good other than that bending over backwards c ya alvin On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, John Griffiths wrote: > g'day all, > > I've got a new machine with an "A7N266-VM SocketA M/ATX nVidia nForce220D > DDR VGA/audio/LAN" mobo

ASUS266-VM

2003-01-20 Thread John Griffiths
g'day all, I've got a new machine with an "A7N266-VM SocketA M/ATX nVidia nForce220D DDR VGA/audio/LAN" mobo (hoping to get it running as a desktop box running deb) I understand the video is a nvidia 220D Geforce 2, sound a Realtek 8201L not sure what the hell the networking is (will get a new