Re: How to install the Nvidia driver in Fedora Core 5 ?

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On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 13:31 +0800, Wong Kwok-hon wrote:

> Forgot to tell u that I got the information from Nvidia readme file as follows:
> 
> Below are the legacy GPUs that are no longer supported in the unified
> driver. These GPUs will continue to be maintained through the special
> legacy NVIDIA GPU driver releases.
> NVIDIA chip name 	Device PCI ID
> RIVA TNT 	0x0020
> RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro 	0x0028
> RIVA TNT2 Ultra 	0x0029
> Vanta/Vanta LT 	0x002C
> RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro 	0x002D
> Aladdin TNT2 	0x00A0
> GeForce 256 	0x0100
> GeForce DDR 	0x0101
> Quadro 	0x0103
> GeForce2 GTS/GeForce2 Pro 	0x0150
> GeForce2 Ti 	0x0151
> GeForce2 Ultra 	0x0152
> Quadro2 Pro 	0x0153
> 
> So.... No legacy driver for above cards ?
> 
> Wong Kwok Hon
> 

Ow.  The only hope you have at this point is to find a way to get the
7174 Nvidia-brand installer to compile under FC5.  You may have luck if
you can find out what the last release of the Nvidia driver was *before*
they terminated support on your card.  Newer than 7174, maybe better
luck compiling.

With either a 7174 installer or a slightly newer one that still has
support, i would start watching the installer logs when it tries to
compile.  You may be able to work out the problems and get past the
compile hurdles.

If not, you're either stuck with the slow Xorg drivers, or you can get a
Geforce card that's supported.

You can pick up an overclocked FX 5200 for 34.99 us bucks.

http://3btech.net/bfgasfaovgef1.html

You can get the card I have here, an FX 5700 Ultra, for around 50 bucks.


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