From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Owen Ford Subject: RE: keyword for rivafb in XF86Confige file Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 05:37:00 -0500 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1096454220.27898.31.camel@spider.hotmonkeyporn.com> References: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348111081AE@mail.esn.co.in> <1096454123.27898.29.camel@spider.hotmonkeyporn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-fveTnV4mOEPR/JxhDQbI" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1096454123.27898.29.camel@spider.hotmonkeyporn.com> List-Id: To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org --=-fveTnV4mOEPR/JxhDQbI Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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.=20 > > I have edited the Driver field in the device section as follows:- > > Driver "fbdev"=20 > >=20 > > 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 ne= w > > app. > > I don't know, why? > > Is the software take care of it, rather than the fb driver? > > Suggest, if u have any idea. >=20 > I recommend using the vesafb. As I said before I've never got rivafb > working so YMMV. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Good luck :) --=-fveTnV4mOEPR/JxhDQbI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBWpBM4bjUYpnk5/QRAk3LAJ9zGDDTSOg0Gjb1FpCK5gw08fl1oACaA2C1 1XRGn7NlGzd9sz+HSkrNZ78= =nf2s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-fveTnV4mOEPR/JxhDQbI-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs