dids writes:
this combination of suse and geforce2 is just a huge nightmare, I find it quite upsetting that there is so little feedback on the subject.
Im sposed to be taking linux up to my brothers pc dealership to show them they should be selling it. yeah right
i cant even get it out of 640x480 on my own system.
Used to have a fine and dandy setup. but now i have a geforce2mx. ( a mainstream card ).
i believe u can get the geforce2 to work if you hit on a random sequence. but advice is pretty thin on the ground
Check the archives, this issue has come up plenty. I am sure people are just getting tired of responding over and over again. I own a GeForce 256, but I just helped a friend setup his GeForce2 with some help from someone on this list, he is happy and appreciative. The key difference between GeForce and GeForce2 is that XFree86-4.01 supports GeForce as is, but not GeForce2. So the goal is to install and load the NVidia drivers for the GeForce2 first. Once the drivers are installed and loaded then use sax2 to detect the card. Simple huh. - The kernel drivers I would suggest not using the RPMs. I have heard some complaints about them not working. Use the tar archives. I am assuming you have already tried this before, so just make sure it builds ok, and installs ok. Then verify it is loaded with a 'lsmod' and look for 'NVdriver' in the list. If it is not loaded then try 'modprobe NVdriver' and look for any error messages. - The GLX drivers Untar the archive. You want to move any conflicting libraries out of the way before you install the GLX stuff. Do a 'locate libGL.*', 'locate libGLcore.*', and 'locate libglx.*'. Now move anything that turns up out of the way. Now do a 'make install' in the GLX directory. - run sax2 Now when you run sax2 it should find your card. Configure it. Try startx. If it fails look at /var/log/Xfree86.0.log or the latest log, and look to see where it fails. Hope this helps. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq