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theclaw Shyguy                   Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6297 days |
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I went through the efforts of partitioning a drive on this computer, and installing Linux on it.  It'll boot to the command line. But, the X server apparently doesn't seem to recognize either my video card or monitor(s), I'm not sure which is the case. Using dkpg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, to select the driver called 'VGA' and 8-bit color will at least get me into a desktop. It was GNOME the last time I tried. However... 320x240 resolution with 8-bit color and having the upper half of the screen blank even though my mouse will navigate there isn't exactly usable! I'll list possible relevant aspects of the computer.
Distro: Debian 3.1r3 i386, from the full two DVD set. Video: XFX GeForce 6800XT AGP Monitor 1: Dell D1226H 19" CRT Monitor 2: eMachines E15T4 15" LCD CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.8ghz, overclocked at 2.2ghz RAM: 1GB DDR 400MHZ And yes, I do have the root password written down. I can also install a Windows ext3 driver to check for log files if some might exist. |
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niteice Gator   Since: 08-15-06 From: Connecticut Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6297 days |
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| Start with using the VESA driver. Then, once you can get online, get the Linux graphics driver package from nVidia, which will configure itself appropriately. | |||
FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos  Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6296 days |
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| There should be a driver called nv, which is a free driver for NVIDIA chipsets. That should work; you could also try installing the official nonfree NVIDIA driver from nvidia.com :/
If neither of those work, I'm stumped. |
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paulguy Paragoomba Since: 06-29-06 Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6297 days |
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| 'nv' is doo doo. It doesn't have 3D accel. | |||
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6296 days |
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| Stop moping about undocumented hardware and actually try something | |||
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theclaw Shyguy Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6297 days |
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| I managed to get things set up correctly. My problem was that the video card isn't supported by many distros yet. Ubuntu and Fedora Core didn't like it either, so I gave SUSE a chance and now have 3D acceleration after installing the drivers. None of them had issues in Virtual PC, that's how I realized what to do. Even mouse wheel scrolling is a lot more responsive with hardware rendering. Thanks. |
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