Re: GEForce4MX - HowTo (Newbie question)
From: Steve Martin (ecprod_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 07/16/03
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:33:46 -0400
Xyerp wrote:
>>Snoopin around /etc/X11/xf86config I noticed that my Xserver is using
>>"vesa" video adapter, while i have a GeForce4mx installed. How do I
>>change the driver?
Go to http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux
There you'll find a link to download their Linux driver
package. This will be a file ending in "run". Put that
file somewhere where you can find it, become superuser,
and run the file with "sh <filename>" where "<filename>"
is the name of the downloaded file. This will start a
process that will either install a built-in driver,
download a driver to match your system, or build one
on the fly.
Once you have the driver installed, you will need to edit
your XF86Config file to reflect the changed driver. Here's
a snippet showing what mine looks like:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
VideoRam 131072
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "1"
EndSection
A couple of comments here:
You'll likely need to change "VideoRam" to
match your card (don't tell it you have more RAM
on the card than you actually have) or just leave
that line out and let the driver auto-detect the RAM.
Also, note the two "Option" lines. The first prevents
the nVidia "splash" screen from showing every time
you start X (IMHO an annoyance). The second enables
some hardware acceleration in the driver. I've tried
it both with and without this option and can't see
much difference. YMMV.
A final caveat: if you ever change your kernel
(through rebuilding, downloading from RedHat,
whatever), you'll need to re-run the above install
process.
Hope this helps.
-- Steve Martin, CPBE CBNT
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