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02-22-2005, 11:34 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: South West England, UK
Distribution: Mandrake 10.1
Posts: 10
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Geforce 5 and Mandrake 10
I purchased Mandrake 10 last year, the 3 CD download version ..
Well i have a Geforce 5 and its not supported, on the instaltion .... is there any updates or anything that can make the geforce 5 work with linux, or does 10.1 work with the geforce 5?
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02-22-2005, 12:52 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: South West England, UK
Distribution: Mandrake 10.1
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Anyone ?
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02-22-2005, 12:58 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
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Sorry do you mean a gforce 5 graphics card or something else. If it's a gforce graphics card you mean it will work with Linux (any nvidia based graphics cards do). All you need to do is download the Linux drivers from Nvidia's website.
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02-22-2005, 10:07 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: South West England, UK
Distribution: Mandrake 10.1
Posts: 10
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but how do i install linux with the GForce5 card being in there, when i install it.. it asks me to pick the graphics card and its not there, if i pick a random card when installed linux, it loads up in a GUI mode and goes all fooked up ...
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02-22-2005, 11:03 PM
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Registered: Sep 2004
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 134
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Can't you just pick "generic NVidia" or something like that?
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02-23-2005, 03:51 AM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
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Yep, just pick a generic nvidia card then install the official nvidia drivers for best performance.
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03-13-2005, 05:45 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: South West England, UK
Distribution: Mandrake 10.1
Posts: 10
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I've tryeed all drivers for NVIDIA and nothing.... so i've now got 10.1 ... has anyone has this problem and is 10.1 compatible with gerforce 5????
Or anyone got a Geforce 5 and another version of linux they use ?
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03-13-2005, 06:29 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Australia
Distribution: Mandriva/Slack - KDE
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I'm using 10.0 and 10.1 here with 5200 and 5700's no problem.
I use the nvidia driver from nvidia.com. The new one is 7167, tho I haven't tried it yet. I will later with kernel 2.6.11 maybe.
At the moment I use 6629 driver on 2.6.8.1 - 2.6.10 kernels
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03-13-2005, 07:02 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
Distribution: Fedora, CentOS, Debian
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Quote:
Originally posted by PXD
I've tryeed all drivers for NVIDIA and nothing.... so i've now got 10.1 ... has anyone has this problem and is 10.1 compatible with gerforce 5????
Or anyone got a Geforce 5 and another version of linux they use ?
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If you run "xorgconfig" as root and get to the section where you choose your graphics card, NVidia GeForce is listed, so select that as your graphics card. You will get better performance if you download the official drivers from the nvidia website once you have configured your graphics card.
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03-13-2005, 07:13 PM
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Member
Registered: Feb 2004
Location: Austin Texas
Distribution: Mandrake 9.2
Posts: 702
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The Mandrake 10.1 Powerpack includes an nVidia driver that installed during the installation of 10.1, and it runs my gforce fine. That driver is not in the download edition of 10.1
You get it from nvidia.com
Read the directions there!
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03-14-2005, 08:37 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: South West England, UK
Distribution: Mandrake 10.1
Posts: 10
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Is there anywhere i can download the powerpack edition from the net?
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03-14-2005, 10:31 AM
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Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Australia
Distribution: Mandriva/Slack - KDE
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The driver in the powerpack edition is the same as the one you download from nvidia.com... just download it and follow the instructions on the nvidia site...
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03-14-2005, 11:35 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: N. E. England
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Quote:
Originally posted by PXD
Is there anywhere i can download the powerpack edition from the net?
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As mentioned, the driver from nvidia is the same as the one in the powerpack. download it and if you need help installing it and configuring it on your system then post your questions here and people will gladly help you out.
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