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dan1e1
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 Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 5:57 pm Post subject: Will Gentoo Install... |
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... on an nVidia nForce 2 based motherboard??
Would I need to do anything special, like installing
nVidia's nForce Linux drivers?
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lx
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The nvidia-kernel driver 1.0-3123 support | Quote: | | nForce 220D/420/420D Integrated GPU |
so if you want 3d support you might wanna install this package and the nvidia-glx package (you need to change your X11 file accordenly). I think there's a document how to do this c.q. it's somewhere in the list,
Cya lX.
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dan1e1
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I guess my main question is how to proceed from a Stage 1
tarball. Will Gentoo even boot on an nforce2 motherboard
so that I can start emerging/installing stuff? |
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SeaPig
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| dan1e1 wrote: | I guess my main question is how to proceed from a Stage 1
tarball. Will Gentoo even boot on an nforce2 motherboard
so that I can start emerging/installing stuff? |
I don't have an nForce mother board, but the install process will be the same as any other system with an nvidia card - if you want opengl, you will need to emerge nvidia-kernle and nvidia-glx. |
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rocketfuel
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I'm guessing, Try, as this is a brand spanking new chipset ( or at least one of the newer ).
But my guess is that it _will_ be supported because gentoo supports almost every bit of hardware out there from cd. ( Anyone know why gentoo-install keeps trying to install a Compaq Scsiraid module when I have a Promise UATA133 pcicard in my computer? )
bottomline, try to install!
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dan1e1
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Umm, I think some of the you are confusing an nVidia video
card with an nVidia nForce motherboard chipset. I know how
to handle an nVidia video card, but the nForce2 mobo chipset controls
ethernet, IDE hard disk/CD-ROM support, etc..
If you OS doesn't implicitly know how to control those devices
through the chipset the install won't get very far... |
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tj
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I have no idea but you might want to check this out:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=465&highlight=nforce
I tend to post questions then search so I thought I save you the ignominy of having the mods tell you to do so 
and when no one answers I just go with a hunch  |
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