Can I use nvidia drivers in puppy?
Can I use nvidia drivers in puppy?
is it possible to use the nvidia drivers in puppy?
i'm using puppy on a hard drive install and my screen is a little squished in the middle. i can get it to work if i use 1280x1024 resolution but thats a little much.
thanks, pete
i'm using puppy on a hard drive install and my screen is a little squished in the middle. i can get it to work if i use 1280x1024 resolution but thats a little much.
thanks, pete
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vtwin,
You reported that the screen is "squished in the middle" -- I wonder if that is a monitor problem?
I would like to get feedback from anyone else with Nvidia video chip.
...any problem with the display in different resolutions?
I could maybe supply a fix in Puppy 1.0.4, as I'm working on incorporating framebuffer kernel driver modules and the Xfbdev Kdrive X server (this is not the full XFreee 4.4.0 X server!). There is a kernel module for nvidia, but I wasn't going to include it as didn't know of any problems with Nvidia and the current Xvesa X server used in Puppy.
If you reckon that the Nvidia special framebuffer driver should be included, help me out by running this command:
...report back what it returns. As was mentioned in another thread today, to copy from rxvt is real easy, just drag the mouse cursor over the text and it is automatically placed in the clipboard.
You reported that the screen is "squished in the middle" -- I wonder if that is a monitor problem?
I would like to get feedback from anyone else with Nvidia video chip.
...any problem with the display in different resolutions?
I could maybe supply a fix in Puppy 1.0.4, as I'm working on incorporating framebuffer kernel driver modules and the Xfbdev Kdrive X server (this is not the full XFreee 4.4.0 X server!). There is a kernel module for nvidia, but I wasn't going to include it as didn't know of any problems with Nvidia and the current Xvesa X server used in Puppy.
If you reckon that the Nvidia special framebuffer driver should be included, help me out by running this command:
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# cat /proc/pci | grep "VGA"
# cat /proc/pci | grep "VGA"
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev 178).
i have a envision eft720 flat screen monitor. it works fine in xp with the nvidia drivers.
i have been messing with the XF86config monitor settings and it's better but i have a small inward curve on the left bottom side of the screen.
thanks for your help,
pete
VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev 178).
i have a envision eft720 flat screen monitor. it works fine in xp with the nvidia drivers.
i have been messing with the XF86config monitor settings and it's better but i have a small inward curve on the left bottom side of the screen.
thanks for your help,
pete
bladehunter sounds good. hopefully i can get it going.
i downloaded the module version i thought it would be and got this
# depmod
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27/net/airo.o.gz
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o
# modprobe nv_drv
/lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o: couldn't find the kernel version the module was compiled for
/lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o: insmod nv_drv failed
thanks, pete
i downloaded the module version i thought it would be and got this
# depmod
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27/net/airo.o.gz
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o
# modprobe nv_drv
/lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o: couldn't find the kernel version the module was compiled for
/lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.27/nv_drv.o: insmod nv_drv failed
thanks, pete
Yeah I noticed the airo error before, but very few use that module I didn't really think it was a major problem....I'll wait and see..
What was you source for the nv_drv ?
I was meaning that XFree itself has a nv driver, I know I use it myslef on 2 other machines I have, come to think of it those problems didn't occur using the vesa module......Are you in a position to try another monitor, as it just may well be a H or V frequency issue.
What was you source for the nv_drv ?
I was meaning that XFree itself has a nv driver, I know I use it myslef on 2 other machines I have, come to think of it those problems didn't occur using the vesa module......Are you in a position to try another monitor, as it just may well be a H or V frequency issue.