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Sep. 21st, 2001 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annathystFirst post from laptop running X. Woot.
I had a bit of a nightmare getting everything working...turns out that the only version of Card Services that works with this laptop (in my experience) is the one that came with the potato installer.
Wish I had realized that BEFORE I reinstalled twice, heh.
So, I got that working, then ran into hassles with X...turns out that the GeForce2Go requires a kernel module AND a special X module (standard nv_drv.o doesn't work). And the nvidia tarball didn't install the X driver on the first pass, so I had some fun there.
But it alkl works now, and X/GNOME looks great.
Hell, even 3D acceleration is working. If I just hadn't been stupid and committed OTAA (thanks, star) error after error, I'd have been done by the end of last night.
Anyway, going to go get dressed now.
I had a bit of a nightmare getting everything working...turns out that the only version of Card Services that works with this laptop (in my experience) is the one that came with the potato installer.
Wish I had realized that BEFORE I reinstalled twice, heh.
So, I got that working, then ran into hassles with X...turns out that the GeForce2Go requires a kernel module AND a special X module (standard nv_drv.o doesn't work). And the nvidia tarball didn't install the X driver on the first pass, so I had some fun there.
But it alkl works now, and X/GNOME looks great.
Hell, even 3D acceleration is working. If I just hadn't been stupid and committed OTAA (thanks, star) error after error, I'd have been done by the end of last night.
Anyway, going to go get dressed now.
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Date: 2001-09-22 03:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-09-22 04:08 pm (UTC)You know, when you get tired and frustrated and start making chains of mistakes.
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Date: 2001-09-22 04:25 pm (UTC)