[lug] NVIDIA GeForce2 Go Driver & KRUD (Was Dell Utility Partition)

[D. Stimits]

"J. Wayde Allen" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Gregg Phillips wrote:
> 
> > You should go to the NVIDIA site (www.nvidia.com) and under the Download
> > Drivers button at the top, go to the Linux Drivers link on the next page
> > and download the kernel module for your kernel and GLX drivers. I have
> > seen much better support and speed using NVIDIA's drivers. I checked the
> > supported products and your card is listed. Be sure to follow the
> > instructions on modifying your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.
> 
> Tried this, and now my video system doesn't work at all ... obviously I
> goofed somewhere <wink>.  Looks like I'll be going in via the network for
> a cleanup job.

Always set it to runlevel 3 as default while working on X11. You can
simply do a "startx" or "init 5" (as root) to test. FYI, I think the
largest part of failures at initial install will be out-of-range desktop
sizes. Set it for 640x480 and 16 bpp until it works, or 24 bpp, and
don't use larger settings until it works there.

> 
> By the way, I haven't been keeping up-to-date with the latest processor
> designations.  Anyone care to bring me up to speed on the differences
> between the i386, i586, and i686 options?  I'm guessing that a pentium is
> the i586 and that the i386 would be for the older 386 and 486
> processors?  Not at all sure about the i686 ...?

I'm not sure if the 686 includes both pentium 2 and pentium pro or not,
the others are correct. Either way, i686 includes agp bus.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)
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