From: mike <mike@kevino.org>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 02:45:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <415A8435.9040303@kevino.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB34811107F55@mail.esn.co.in>
Mukund JB. wrote:
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-newbie-
>>owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of mike
>>Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:20 AM
>>To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
>>Subject: Re: keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file
>>
>>What video card do you have?
>
> NVidia Riva TNT2 Modewl64 is my card.
> Sorry for the delay. I was off station
>
>
>>Mike
>>
>>
>>Mukund JB. wrote:
>>
>>>Hello All,
>>>
>>>I am not able to make my X server work on rivafb (framebuffer
>
> module)
>
>>which is loaded as a module on system.
>>
>>>I edited "XF86Config-4" file
>>>Driver "nvidia" .
>>>Is it the right keyword to invoke the rivafb driver. I got this on
>
> same
>
>>maillists. Where in the system can I find the database for these
>
> keyword
>
>>stuff.
>>
>>>Later, when I say
>>># startx , it fails.
>>>It says:-
>>>(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
>>>(EE) No devices detected.
>>>
>>>What is going wrong here? Is there any other way through which I can
>>
>>tell the X server to use Framebuffer.
>>
>>>Please help.
>>>
>>>My system configuration
>>>Os linux 7.3(kernel - 2.4.18)
>>>Boot loader lilo
>>>Default runlevel 3
>>>Framebuffer rivafb
>>>X server version 4.2.0
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Mukund jampala
>>>
Well no expert here, but I had an nvidia card once under linux.
If you edited your "XF86Config-4" file to
Driver="nvidia" which I believe is the name of nvidia's driver from
there site which you would download from them and install as per
there readme instructions which I have done and works fine and has
3d accelleration.
XFree86 has their open source driver which handles framebuffer
support as well and your "XF86Config-4" file would have been
Driver="nv" this driver works fine but only 2d accelleration.
I dont think you need the rivafb driver if you use the xfree86
driver or nvidia's propietary driver.
Mike
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-29 9:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-27 5:38 keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file Mukund JB.
2004-09-29 9:45 ` mike [this message]
2004-09-29 9:58 ` Owen Ford
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2004-09-29 10:20 Mukund JB.
2004-09-30 4:02 ` mike
2004-09-29 10:12 Mukund JB.
[not found] ` <1096454123.27898.29.camel@spider.hotmonkeyporn.com>
2004-09-29 10:37 ` Owen Ford
2004-09-24 7:05 Mukund JB.
2004-09-25 2:50 ` mike
2004-09-24 5:32 Mukund JB.
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