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i am using a desktop computer which is having 1 gb ram,ge-force 2 but when i goto set the desktop effect to a 3d level the computer gets hanged/stops responding,is there any way to fic this problem and ya i am using fedora 12
GeForce2 is a NVidia graphics card so you'll need the NVidia drivers in order to use those goodies. I use the NVidia GeForce Go 7300 and before installing the NVidia kernel and drivers I had no possibilities of using any effects. After installing the correct drivers I'm using 'the Cube', exploding windows, whatever I want.
So search for how to install them in Fedora or wait untill someone else tells you because I don't know how to do that in Fedora. I use Slackware.
Sure,Thanks for your repsonse,And Hey i jst wanted to know whether there is any command through which i check whether the g-card is connected to my pc or not?
and look for VGA, it should show. I assume however that you got the output from your first post using that command, so your card is not detected correctly (or is that the output for the graphics adapter on your mobo and is the GeForce card one you added?)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE C
hipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrate
d Graphics Device
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
this is the o/p of lscpi command.by looking at this o/p i strongly belive that the geforce is card is not connected!! is it strongly recommended that we have a g-card to run the 3d-effects?
One question, do you have one graphical adapter in your computer and are you sure that its a NVidia GeForce2?
You don't typically need a GeForce card to have 3D effects, those effects can be shown by lots of cards. What you do need is the correct driver for the graphics card that you use, hence my question.
Eric, i am really ashamed to say this but i dont know what those graphical adapter really is!! and as far as my memo helps me,i had installed geforce2(in xp) 4 years back for playing games! it worked smoothly!!
You don't need to be ashamed for anything. Well, if you're 100% sure that you have a NVidia GeForce card installed then I'd install the necessary drivers and see if that helps out. But it sounds strange to me that the card is being detected as another one.
You still haven't confirmed that this is the only graphics adapter in your computer. Is it? Is this computer a desktop or a laptop? If it's a desktop you can easily verify by opening the case and check the card physically.
i opened the case and i dint find any Nvedia card or its label in it,i guess the computer technicians dint place the card when i recently bought a new motherboard,neways now should i find the driver for the intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)??
Ok, no problem, just means that you don't use xorg.conf or that it's not correctly configured. What appears more important and most likely disappointing to you is that you apparently don't have enough frames per second to be 3D capable, so in my opinion no desktop effects for you using this card.
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