[wellylug] GeForce 2MX

Jamie Dobbs jamie.dobbs at orcon.net.nz
Tue Jun 29 15:02:29 NZST 2004


/me wishes he'd bought a newer Nvidia card rather than the ATI9600 that he
did :(

> Hi Cameron,
>
> Use 2.6 if it's not too much hassle, if only because it's easier to
> turn on pre-emptivivity in the kernel, which is better for games and
> the like. Make sure you have the module-init-tools package installed
> first though.
>
> The latest nvidia drivers have support for 2.6, and they work fine for
> me.
>
> Regards,
> Nigel
>
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 at 14:53:13 +1200, Cameron Hart wrote:
>
>> I have a Duron 700 with a GeForce 2MX running Debian Testing.
>>
>> I have not bothered so far getting 3d acceleration working but decided I
>> should one of these days. Does anyone know of things I should watch out
>> for
>> getting this working?
>>
>> I.e.
>> Should I be using the 2.6 kernels? (I'm currently on 2.4.25) Do these
>> support
>> the nvidia drivers better?
>> Are there different sets of drivers? If so, which are best?
>>
>> Sorry for the multitude of questions...
>>
>> --
>> Cameron
>>
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