Re: tlug: GeForce256 nVidia card

[Grendel <grendel@example.com>]

I couldn't get the TNT2 Ultra, also from Creative, to work on RedHat 6.0
with anything other than the XFree86-SVGA rpms I got from
ftp://ftp.mesa3d.org/mesa/misc/nVidia/. Those have been there though
since before the GeForce, so no idea if they'd work.

-Grendel


"Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote:
> 
> NB:  If this is the best nVidia can do for this guy, I vote we put
> them back on the Stuck Here In Trouble list.
> 
> >>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Q <jq@example.com> writes:
> 
>     jb> I was wondering if anyone else had tried to get one of the new
>     jb> Creative Labs geForce256 nvidia cards to work with XF86 3.3.5?
> 
>     jb> I tried using the linux *drivers* from nVidias website (they
>     jb> had a package with the RIVA SVGA server)
> 
> Have you tried with a vanilla XF86_SVGA?  I have an STB NVidia RIVA
> TNT AGP---here's my XF86Config "Device":
> 
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier      "NVidia"
>    VendorName      "STB Nvidia"
>    BoardName       "RIVA TNT 16MB AGP"
>    Clocks          25.18
>    VideoRam        16384
> EndSection
> 
> and it works beautifully for me:
> 
> screen #0:
>   dimensions:    1600x1200 pixels (542x406 millimeters)
>   resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
>   depths (1):    24
>   root window id:    0x26
>   depth of root window:    24 planes
>   number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
>   default colormap:    0x23
>   default number of colormap cells:    256
>   preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 16777215
>   options:    backing-store YES, save-unders YES
>   largest cursor:    32x32
>   current input event mask:    0x58207f
>     KeyPressMask             KeyReleaseMask           ButtonPressMask
>     ButtonReleaseMask        EnterWindowMask          LeaveWindowMask
>     PointerMotionMask        ButtonMotionMask         SubstructureNotifyMask
>     SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask
>   number of visuals:    1
>   default visual id:  0x22
>   visual:
>     visual id:    0x22
>     class:    TrueColor
>     depth:    24 planes
>     available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
>     red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
>     significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
> 
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