New Video Card

[pbharris]

[quote author=AljoshaNL link=board=3;threadid=10759;start=0#msg96595 date=1129715692]
That's interesting...
How does the NVidia 5500 perform against my old GeForce 2 MX/MMX 400?
(I was also going to buy a 'new' video card...'
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i upgradedd my gf2 mx400 with a gf 5700 and have has a far more stable time (before my card would lock up). also for the few games i play i get decent performance - was able to run doom3 at 800x600 and it ran quite well with all the goodies on.

[countach44]

Linux support is okay, it was kind of a bitch to set up. I even got 3D support on x86_64.

[GhostDawg]

Okay peeps, I just received my new nVidia card and would like to know what do I need to do once I install it?

I'm currently using Debian Sid, Ubuntu Breezy & Mepis.

This is the card I bought.

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814125191

[Schotty]

Just run the nVIDIA installer for their drivers. You can get it at www.nvidia.com

[GhostDawg]

I tried installing the drivers but get all kind of errors about kernel headers are something similar.

Right now I'm using Win XP. All my linux distros will not run in X mode. Can i reconfigure X to get in graphical mode?

Anymore ideas/suggestions will be helpful.

Thnx.

[trickster]

[quote author=Saptech link=board=3;threadid=10759;start=0#msg96889 date=1131829933]
I tried installing the drivers but get all kind of errors about kernel headers are something similar.

Right now I'm using Win XP. All my linux distros will not run in X mode. Can i reconfigure X to get in graphical mode?

Anymore ideas/suggestions will be helpful.

Thnx.

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apt-get install kernel-headers-$KVERS

http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debi...tallation.html

[Schotty]

[quote author=Saptech link=board=3;threadid=10759;start=0#msg96889 date=1131829933]
I tried installing the drivers but get all kind of errors about kernel headers are something similar.

Right now I'm using Win XP. All my linux distros will not run in X mode. Can i reconfigure X to get in graphical mode?

Anymore ideas/suggestions will be helpful.

Thnx.
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Hmm.

Install kernel source,
kernel headers.

Edit xorg.conf according to the readme associated with the drivers.
IIRC, its :

1)changing the driver from "nv" to "nvidia"
2)disabling DRI (remove the module and the bottom section giving it permissions.
3)adding "glx" module in (I replace dri with this for simplicity)

[mojo jojo]

for ubuntu

"sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-glx-settings"

once installed

"sudo nvidia-glx-config enable"

restart x

;D

[AljoshaNL]

[quote author=trickster link=board=3;threadid=10759;start=0#msg96562 date=1129548475]
NVidia drivers are pretty easy to set up.
Here is a howto for Debian.
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Thanks for the link!
Karma += 1!

[GhostDawg]

Thnx for the help. I have Ubuntu working like a charm. Now to get Debian Sid and Mepis going.

I wonder if the apt commands would work with Debian Sid?


[quote author=The Great Mojo Jojo link=board=3;threadid=10759;start=0#msg96893 date=1131842497]
for ubuntu

"sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-glx-settings"

once installed

"sudo nvidia-glx-config enable"

restart x

;D
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