new nvidia grfx card

I don't see what so bad or so difficult about installing the driver manually. I've never had any luck with automated methods, and I've never had trouble with the NVidia method... :confused:
 
AT said:
I don't see what so bad or so difficult about installing the driver manually. I've never had any luck with automated methods, and I've never had trouble with the NVidia method... :confused:
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i now know what the problem is: my GPU i no longer supported by the latest NVidia drivers, so i need to find the drivers for my GPU, better get searching:(

BTW: thankies for all you help AT
 
AT said:
What kind of video card do you have?
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i have narrowed the drivers down that will work with my
donkey said:
Ge-Force 6200 (INNO 3D, 256Mb DDR2, AGP X8, 64Bt, DVI +TV)
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my grfx cards PCI ID is: 0x00F3, according to this page, and apparently i need driver version 1.9-97xx which according to NVidia's driver archive, here i need either 9746 or 9755 however i've tried both drivers (using NVidia-xconfig automatically on installation) but neither worked

BTW: i thinik wait until i get my little LAN running
 
Your card is supported by the latest drivers. The legacy drivers are for really old cards, not yours. Just try the current build.
 
AT said:
Your card is supported by the latest drivers. The legacy drivers are for really old cards, not yours. Just try the current build.
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right, i'm obviously the problem, so as i'm using an original DL of feisty i've started to DL again n i'll start from scratch or shall i just delete ~.kde and reinstall ?
 
donkey42 said:
right, i'm obviously the problem, so as i'm using an original DL of feisty i've started to DL again n i'll start from scratch or shall i just delete ~.kde and reinstall ?
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KDE's not the problem either, actually. You just need to get the kernel module for your video card loaded, then get X configured to use it.
 
Try
Code: 
sudo apt-get install restricted-manager
sudo restricted-manager
There's also a debian way to do it using module-assistant.
 
Addis said:
Try
Code: 
sudo apt-get install restricted-manager
sudo restricted-manager
There's also a debian way to do it using module-assistant.
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cheers Addis, but AT very very kindly offered to remotely fix this problem via SSH, i've added ATs details to my system & router, so i'm just waiting for AT, but thankies anyway, hopefully it'll be sorted soon
 
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