Nvidia 6800 GT 256 + AMD X64

felix dark_paw at optusnet.com.au
Thu Oct 7 12:58:44 UTC 2004


On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:33 -0400, Pangea Gritstone wrote:
> I would like a small bit of assistance. I have tried the ubuntu
> release of X64 and one of the daily releases for 6 Oct. I am not able
> to get my video card to work, it will see my SATA drives and Nic's etc
> no problems there. I have tried to get the kernel headers and install
> the nvidia drivers myself but it keeps telling me that they are
> installed, I know they are not. Does ayone have an Idea about this,
> should I get todays daily release and try that. I really want this to
> work so I can break the windows hold it has on me and my machines lol.

How does it not work exactly? No display at all, or just accelerated 3d
fails?

I found that the nvidia installer gets 2D going just fine on my card,
but it has some issues with the accelerated 3d (GLX) stuff. Let us know
if that's the issue, there's a work-around. 


Felix






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