Geforce 7600GS supported?

vegetassj2 · 12-20-2006, 06:32 AM

hi,

my question is simple... Is the Geforce 7600GS from Asus supported in linux or not?
Info about the videocard

thanks

farslayer · 12-20-2006, 09:22 AM

Sure it is, why wouldn't it be ?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

Supported Products List

vegetassj2 · 12-20-2006, 10:45 AM

well I heard that the latest videocards aren't supported yet... and I wasn't sure about the release date of the videocard so

btw, doesn't it matter that it's a videocard from [i]Asus[i] and not nVidia?

farslayer · 12-20-2006, 11:30 AM

The manufacturer makes little difference.

The only video card issues I have seen with nVidia is when the system can't identify the card when X fires up. (usually as you stated because the card is too new.. )

Usually that problem is easily fixed by updating the pci.ids file on your system from here: http://pciids.sourceforge.net/ You would download the file and place it in /usr/share/misc/

vegetassj2 · 12-20-2006, 12:33 PM

Note that I connect the card using the APG port and not the PCI one. So I think if I experience a problem, the PCI lib won't help, correct?

Anyway, I've bought the card and I'm gonig to install it tomorrow. I'll post results here.

farslayer · 12-20-2006, 01:25 PM

AGP cards are still listed when you list PCI Devices..

so this list DOES affect AGP cards.

vegetassj2 · 12-21-2006, 12:28 PM

Ok. I changed my old videocard for the new one. However, linux doensn't seem to know that I changed it (for example: rightclick>Configure Desktop>Display doesn't give me the possibility for a higher resolution). Do I need to download a driver or something?

farslayer · 12-21-2006, 07:37 PM

skim the output of your xserver log. /var/log/Xorg.0.log
You should see the section where the card is scanned and detected and available modes are listed.

I don't know what your previous card was.. was it nVidia also ?
if not did you install the nVidia proprietary drivers ?

You can edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to add in higher resolutions you would like to use, or your distro may have a config tool you can use to do that.

bookgekgom · 12-22-2006, 09:01 PM

i was worryin so much about my pc.
i bought
asus p5b mb + 2 sata hd + geforce 7600gs.
everything works perfectly.
except my sound card. soundblaster x-fi platinum.
oh ya.
im flying. i just need sound.

vegetassj2 · 12-23-2006, 09:39 AM

Hi,

in my XORG file I stil got this:

Code:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nv"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
EndSection

Do I need to change it?

bookgekgom · 12-23-2006, 02:22 PM

must be some thing like this, after using nvidia beta driver.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Thu Nov 9 17:56:28 PST 2006

blah blah blah

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7900 GS"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

blah blah blah blah

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
and bang! nvidia screeen when u reboot.
and beryl comes up!

farslayer · 12-23-2006, 07:38 PM

You are running the Open Source driver for your video card..

You can if you want install the proprietary driver to get more function / features from your card if you like.

http://www.fedorafaq.org/#nvidia