From: "Hemmann, Volker Armin" <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia and kernel support
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:43:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606150443.25611.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4490C4C9.9020409@verizon.net>
On Thursday 15 June 2006 04:24, Sean wrote:
> Trying to setup my system to support my nvidia vid card.
>
> Per instructions I am supposed to enable agpgart in the kernel, which is
> under device drivers--->
> character devices--->
> --- /dev/agpgart (agp support)
>
> As you can see above my system does not allow anything to be done for
> /dev/agpgart, it just has three lines before it.
> How do I enable this in the kernel towards getting my nvidia card working?
>
> Please note: if it makes a difference I am running amd64.
>
you don't set anything else on amd64.
Just agp support.
That is enough.
Rebuild, configure X properly, emerge nvidia-kernel, eselect opengl set
nvidia, start X.
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Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-15 2:24 [gentoo-user] nvidia and kernel support Sean
2006-06-15 2:30 ` Sean
2006-06-15 3:03 ` Norberto Bensa
2006-06-15 11:58 ` Sean
2006-06-15 12:48 ` Michael Weyershäuser
2006-06-15 14:34 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-06-15 2:43 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin [this message]
2006-06-15 2:55 ` Sean
2006-06-15 4:48 ` Daniel Iliev
2006-06-15 9:58 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-06-15 11:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Peter
2006-06-15 12:03 ` Sean
2006-06-15 14:32 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
2006-06-15 12:12 ` Hemmann, Volker Armin
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