choosing replacement video card

[Felix Miata]

Richard Barmann composed on 2015-08-16 01:13 (UTC-0400):

> Richard Barmann wrote:

>> I have the card in a PCI slot at this time, The motherboard is P4M800 
>> Pro-M7. This is the card in there now. NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  
>> 304.125. I went to sysinfo to find that. The G-Force went out and I 
>> ordered one on line
>>  it would not work and the seller would not give me a refund so I 
>> bought the NVIDIA locally.

> I said 6 weeks ago that I had the Gforce as the box was in the file 
> cabinet drawer. The Gforce is in the box so I must have replace it with 
> the NVIDIA. I have gotten confused. With the cancer check ups and the 
> teeth breaking off I get mixed up. I am going to Augusta, GA the 26th 
> and a dental surgeon is going to remove what is left. After the first of 
> the year I have to go back for 20 Mondays while the student fits me for 
> a plate. I do not have to pay them but driving to Augusta is 105 miles 
> one way and my old truck has 218,000 miles on it and the transmision 
> lost drive and 3rd. I have to drive in 2nd gear. So I rent a budget car 
> and my son drives me. He is afraid I might get sleepy. I am 83 and 
> haven't been able to work since September. I am just looking forward to 
> eating something good when I get my plate.

GeForce is a name used for cards that use NVidia chips, so distinguishing
between your two cards with the sketchy info above is little use.

Kernel Module 304.125 tells us the driver installed, not the chip used on the
video card. Output from lspci is what we need for that, but I think what you
last gave us is what you are using now, 01:00.0 VGAcompatible controller:
NVIDIA Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1).

That driver may be your problem. Proprietary kernel modules have to be
correctly chosen for the chips they work with. They make video card swaps
problematic for those unfamiliar with procedures required at upgrade and/or
replacement time. Your upgrade may have mishandled having had a proprietary
NVidia driver installed. Eradicating the proprietary software may allow you
to get past your video trouble, and if not, another upgrade install may work
once the proprietary software is gone.

Something else to consider:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RB2VM9342

I have one of these working nicely with openSUSE Linux and KDE5 multibooting
with Win7 on a 750GB HD.
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