On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Nigel Sollars wrote:
> After looking at the log it seems that in 2 instancies the card / chipset
> is mis-reported .. In that in the PCI scan the chipset is determined as a
> Nvidia Geforce 256 but as an unknown type .. the nv module then fails with
> unknown type for the card.
>
> Id say you have 2 options 1 checkout to see if there is an update to the
> firmware of the card or perhaps ( Like some TNT2 cards ) the firmware
> might be broken,
It's not the video firmware, it's the motherboard's. His motherboard
bios is broken.
>
> or better still the nvidia driver from NVidia would probably be a safer
> bet.
It's not a video card driver issue.
Mark.
>
> comes with updated GLX also which on TNT2 cards performs excellently.
>
> HTH
>
> Nige
>
>
> "If a man is walking through the woods and a tree falls and no one is
> around to hear it, is he still wrong?"
>
>
> On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, FERNANDO.FERNANDEZ.LOBILLO wrote:
>
> >
> > Good morning,
> >
> > I write you asking for a problem I have with XFree86 and my system video
> > card. First of all I'd like to excuse for my bad English.
> >
> > I'm using Guadalinex (a Debian distribution of Linux) which gives no
> > problem when it starts from the Live-CD mode. That means that the system
> > recognizes the Guillemot 3D Prophet, and allows to change its resolution.
> >
> > I decided to install the OS into the hard-disk, but it shows an error
> > and it's impossible to run the graphic mode. I attach you the log file
> > (XFREE86.0.log) and the config file (XF86Config-4)
> >
> > Thank you vey much for your help.
> >
> > My best regards.
> >
> > Fernando Fernandez Lobillo
> >
> >
> >
>
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