Re: Nvidia support in Mandrake (or some other distro)?
From: Anton Ertl (anton_at_mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at)
Date: 12/15/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:40:29 GMT
C Lund <clund@notam02SPAMBLOCK.no> writes:
>I've been seeing a lot of comments on the WWW about the lack of Linux
>support for nVidia cards (apparently because of nVidia's refusal to
>support it or something). Is this correct? Would my onboard GF2mx not
>work properly with Linux?
It will most likely work with Linux, with the "nv" driver. You may or
may not be missing out on some 3D features, that Nvidia supports with
their proprietary binary-only non-PPC "nvidia" driver.
>My main motivation for installing Linux (Mandrake) is the hope of
>being able to play ETF (http://etfgame.com/) on my mac. But if my
>GF2mx won't work, then my only reason for installing Linux is "cuz I
>can"... B(
Are you sure that ETF works any better on Linux-PPC than the nvidia
driver? Seems to be a variant of the proprietary game Return to
Castle Wolfenstein to me.
- anton
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