[luau] Mandrake 9 & Geforce4 Ti4200

[Eric Hattemer]

Really, something must've gone wrong.  I'm using mdk 9rc3, which is 99%
the same as mdk9.  I installed the nvidia source rpms using the rpm
command, not urpmi.  I then compiled them with little problems (at first
I forgot to download kernel-source and was all confused).  Then when I
set it up and restarted (I think I posted all the instructions to the
list earlier this week), I had some problems, actually.  KDE wouldn't
work at all, but gnome worked just fine.  I started up gdm manually and
could only run gnome programs.  I did that for a while, fixed my sound
driver, turned the computer off for the day, came back the next day, and
mysteriously, it worked beautifully and has worked ever since.  Maybe
its because I'm working on mostly new hardware, but I am amazed at how
quick and responsive mdk9 with kde is.  Maybe I've just been using
windows a lot lately, and expecting things to take a long time to
start.  But yeah, GF cards should work with nvidia's drivers in mdk9,
and if they don't, maybe I or someone else on the list can help you out
with that.  

-Eric Hattemer

On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 11:08, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
> I don't think the downable nVidia source rpms work with the 2.4.19 
> kernel, yet.  I installed the GLX and kernel source rpms on a system 
> with GeForce4 MX420 and they screwed up my Mandrake 9.0 solid--I 
> probably need to reinstall the whole thing.  Ditto for Red Hat 8.0 Null.
> 
> For the time being, the workaround seems to be selecting the "Integrated 
> DDR GeForce2" as your video card.  It works OK for Mandrake 9.0.