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there_is_no_spoon
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 Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: Old GeForce2: what version of nvidia-drivers? |
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I have an old GeForce2 and the newer versions of nvidia-drivers come with a warning that my graphics card isn't supported. Which version of nvidia-drivers should I install?
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slackline
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There are a few older versions of nVidia drivers for cheapskates like you and I who hang onto old comps (I've a GeForce4 MX 440 AGP)....
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eix nvidia-drivers
[I] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
Available versions: 71.86.06 96.43.07 [m]100.14.09 [m](~)100.14.11 [m]100.14.19 [M](~)100.14.23 [m](~)169.07 [m](~)169.09 [m]169.09-r1 [m](~)169.12 [M](~)173.08 [m](~)173.14.05 [m]173.14.09 [m](~)173.14.12 [M](~)177.13 [M](~)177.67 [M](~)177.68 [M](~)177.70 {acpi custom-cflags gtk kernel_linux multilib}
Installed versions: 96.43.07(11:49:57 08/06/08)(acpi gtk kernel_linux -multilib)
Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com/
Description: NVIDIA X11 driver and GLX libraries
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Note the URL it gives, you, go there and navigate to "Download Drivers" and you'll see a "Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris Drivers" section. A quick look at this and a cursory read Appendix A for each of the README files for each of the three branches for x86 (71.86.06, 96.43.07, and 173.14.12) suggests that you want to use either of the former two, i.e. 71.86.06 or 96.43.07, so all you have to do is mask anything more recent than that and away you go...
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# echo '>x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-96.43.07' >> /etc/portage/package.mask
# emerge -av nvidia-drivers
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If you find you can't get this driver working then as i92guboj says you'll have to drop back to 71.86.06 so edit /etc/portage/package.mask appropriately and then re-emerge the nvidia-drivers.
The info is out there, you just need to know where to look 
slack
EDIT : Removal of backslashes and extra info on dropping back to older verison.
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i92guboj
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| Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Old GeForce2: what version of nvidia-drivers? |
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| there_is_no_spoon wrote: | | I have an old GeForce2 and the newer versions of nvidia-drivers come with a warning that my graphics card isn't supported. Which version of nvidia-drivers should I install? |
One of the two legacy branches. Depending on the concrete chip 71.86.06 or 96.43.07. Try the 96 branch before and if that doesn't work use the 71 branch. |
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slackline
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P.S. - If this has solved your original query please add [SOLVED] to the thread title by editing your original post (it helps others searching the forums find useful help that little bit quicker).
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Gentree
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02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
bash-3.2#emp nvidia-drivers
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9626 USE="-dlloader*" |
Great having a gfx card that doesn't own a turbo-prop. Many thanks to nvidia for supporting these older chips.
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