binary graphics drivers

[Andrew Zajac]

On 4/5/06, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Has someone got an ATI or NVIDIA graphics card that needs binary drivers
> to work with 3d? If so, can they please check this section of the
> Desktop guide for accuracy (none of the authors have such a card, and
> can't check)?
>
> http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/hardware.html#graphics-cards


For older ATI cards, (rage128) the fglrx driver is not appropriate.  Just
use the out-of-the-box dri.  Perhaps mention the names of the ATI cards that
use the fglrx driver (radeon or better...)

(this may be for another page altogether->) To get DRI to work on such older
cards with not a lot of memory, you need to lower the color depth by
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Select 15 or 16-bit color and a lower-than-maximum resolution to conserve
memory (800x600 at 15-bit for a 4 MEG card)
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start



For nvidia cards, please also mention the legacy packages.  Nvidia TNT cards
don't work with the nvidia-glx packages.
(nvidia-glx-legacy "TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, and GeForce2 chipsets")



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