Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2009 mails)

[richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (dids)]

yes i followed the tomshardware instructions. and sax2 cant even see the
card.

looks like i will attempt it again with suse 7 which i will get next
weekend.

regards
dids

-----Original Message-----
From: Filip [mailto:vhf@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 September 2000 09:44
To: dids; Suse-Linux-E
Subject: Re: [SLE] nvidia gforce mx & linux - no go. someone at suse
investigate

I think the same, quite a lot of people buy those kind of cards.
Personnaly, I have geforce DDR and my son has a geforce2 GTS
Just bought suse7 who recognized the geforce DDR easily (nv driver)
Then I installed the NVdriver and glx module. Download it from SuSE ftp.
There was only one little dependance to be resolved. Read also the guide at
www.tomshardware.com. Very instructif.

What I experienced was that the installation of SuSE is very bizarre :
( The two computers have only one microprocessor )

On my computer I have 6.4 and 7 installed. When I compare the autoconfig.h
SuSE6.4 gave me an SMP and MTTR defined for the kernel options while SuSE7
gives me SMP and MTTR undefined. ( I don't know why, hardware is the same ).
Anyway, with 6.4 couln't get the "nvidia" driver in my XF86Config working
even
with tomshardware indications.

On the computer of my son the installation SuSE7 and  the Geforce 2 failed
because the autoc.h indicates a defined SMP.

So, I think SuSE should try to explain this and make a little howto for
people
having those kind of cards. A lot is probably depending on the bios settings
and the kernel options. So I can understand SuSE because there are a lot of
different motherboards. But it's a challenge for SuSE to be uptodate because
NVIDIA is leading in the graphics cards ( see they stocks on the market ).

Anyway, don't give up you learn a lot even if installation fails.
filip.

Le jeu, 14 sep 2000, dids a écrit :
> Ive given up tryign to get linux to run on my system since upgrading my
> graphics card.
>
> this is a real disappointment as i couldnt wait to see how fast it was
going
> to fly.
>
> Someone somewhere desperately needs to sort this out as the mx is a very
> good and reasonably priced card.
>
> dids
>
>
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