From: Owen Ford <oford@arghblech.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 05:37:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1096454220.27898.31.camel@spider.hotmonkeyporn.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1096454123.27898.29.camel@spider.hotmonkeyporn.com>
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On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 05:35, Owen Ford wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 05:12, Mukund JB. wrote:
> > > IIRC rivafb actually screws up the nvidia driver. I've never gotten
> > it
> > > working with *any* nvidia card ever :)
> > It is working for me.
> > I have edited the Driver field in the device section as follows:-
> > Driver "fbdev"
> >
> > After then the X server is using rivafb as I could see the debug
> > messages.
> > But it is not invoked when I switch between app ( ATL+TAB) or I open new
> > app.
> > I don't know, why?
> > Is the software take care of it, rather than the fb driver?
> > Suggest, if u have any idea.
>
> I recommend using the vesafb. As I said before I've never got rivafb
> working so YMMV.
>
> I frequently see people on the gentoo forums having issues with rivafb
> and the binary nvidia driver. I am 95% certain that vesafb works with
> the nv driver or the binary nvidia driver.
>
> Just search for rivafb on forums.gentoo.org. Many peaple have had
> issues with it and most of the information you will find there isn't
> completely specific to the gentoo distro.
>
> Good luck :)
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2004-09-29 10:12 keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file Mukund JB.
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2004-09-29 10:37 ` Owen Ford [this message]
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2004-09-29 10:20 Mukund JB.
2004-09-30 4:02 ` mike
2004-09-27 5:38 Mukund JB.
2004-09-29 9:45 ` mike
2004-09-29 9:58 ` Owen Ford
2004-09-24 7:05 Mukund JB.
2004-09-25 2:50 ` mike
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