On Jun 20, 06 15:09:39 -0700, Laura Jordana wrote:
HP xw6200 running SuSE Linux 9.2
In YaST, under graphics card it says "nVidia VGA compatible controller" The number on the card itself says P283. I am trying to make the "nv" driver work - instead of the "fbdev" driver that is currently loaded.
Which one? 6200 or higher? That won't be supported by the nv driver of 9.2. If you want to stick to this old distribution, try downloading the nvidia proprietary driver. You will need the kernel sources of the kernel you're running to install it.
After running X -configure, in the xorg.conf.new file, the correct driver "nv" is loaded
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