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Old 07-21-2006, 01:03 PM   #1
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What Driver Should I use?


I have a HP parvilion a250n and i have a NVIDIA graphics card, but i know they want to know my driver for my chipset, can any one help me about which driver to choose for the X server driver
 
Old 07-21-2006, 03:08 PM   #2
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Here's the NVIDIA Linux drivers page. Download the version you need and follow the "read me" instructions.
 
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Although, you don't have to use the NVIDIA drivers. You should also be able to use "vesa" without problems.
 
Old 07-21-2006, 03:44 PM   #4
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or 'nv' which comes with xorg
 
  


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