From: joy <gracecott@sancharnet.in>
To: Karthik <karthikv@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG>
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:47:30 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <405FAC4A.1000609@sancharnet.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0403221802240.23259-100000@legolas.personal.engin.umich.edu
Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I recently installed the 3.0 debian linux (on an AMD 1500 pc) and am
>learning the ways of debian packaging. I obtained a netinst iso, burned
>the image and successfully rebooted back into debian. Next, I used tasksel
>get all the packages that seemed relevant. Somehow I missed choosing
>XFree86 (I think), initially. dselect along with the debian reference
>manual helped me fix that (by installing x-window-system-core,
>xfree86-common, etc). During the setup process I selected GeForce as my
>video card. startx did work - XFree86.0.log told me the error was: (EE)
>No devices detected. Googling for "GeForce4 debian configuration" gave me
>hits - the first one indicated that I must:
>
>
I see that you are using a Geforce 4 in a debian woody system. the
Xfree86 along with the stable distro does
not support the GF4. so you better get the latest nvidia drivers for
linux from nvidia.com and install it.
that should( no, will ;-) clear up your problem.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-23 3:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-23 2:32 switching to debian (... and installing the NVIDIA GeForce4) Karthik Vishwanath
2004-03-23 3:17 ` joy [this message]
2004-03-23 4:44 ` Karthik Vishwanath
2004-03-23 14:49 ` pa3gcu
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403222314190.23426-100000@legolas.personal. engin.umich.edu>
2004-03-23 5:12 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-03-23 17:19 ` joy
2004-03-23 17:45 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-03-24 13:17 ` joy
2004-03-24 16:55 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-03-26 11:13 ` joy
2004-03-23 19:59 ` pa3gcu
2004-03-24 13:22 ` joy
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-03-25 14:46 Karthik Vishwanath
2004-03-25 16:15 ` pa3gcu
2004-03-25 16:28 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-03-25 16:46 ` Karthik Vishwanath
2004-03-25 20:06 ` pa3gcu
2004-03-25 20:46 ` pa3gcu
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403251127320.26064-200000@legolas.personal. engin.umich.edu>
2004-03-25 18:25 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-03-26 6:30 ` Karthik Vishwanath
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403260110390.26709-300000@legolas.personal. engin.umich.edu>
2004-03-26 15:37 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-03-25 20:20 ` pa3gcu
2004-03-25 20:25 ` pa3gcu
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.44.0403250945300.26064-100000@legolas.personal. engin.umich.edu>
2004-03-25 15:42 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-03-25 16:07 ` pa3gcu
2004-03-25 16:40 ` Ray Olszewski
2004-03-25 19:36 ` pa3gcu
[not found] <001b01c413c4$621f4230$130aa8c0@pipotiy3ljnut2>
2004-03-27 7:19 ` pa3gcu
2004-03-27 7:57 ` pa3gcu
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