Re: [SLUG] need some ideas

From: patrick (patrick@llc.net)
Date: Fri May 25 2001 - 18:01:55 EDT


On Friday 25 May 2001 04:17 pm, you wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2001, Derek Glidden wrote:
> > getout. The normal DRI/AGPGART stuff seems to work around the various
> > issues with this stupid chipset, but the nVidia AGP drivers don't seem
> > to handle it quite as gracefully.
>
> Did you know you can force the Nvidia drivers to use the kernel agpgart?
> Just add Option "NvAgp" "2" to your screen stanza, and be sure to load the
> agpgart module *before* starting X. :) Since you are disabling AGP, you
> likely already have this option there, set to "0". BTW, you can also force
> NVIDIA's driver to be used with "NvAgp" "1".
>
> You can verify it's using agpgart by 'cat'ing /proc/nv/card0. The line AGP
> driver will say agpgart if its using that, and nvidia if its using their
> bulitin drivers.

i did that and i get a no file or directory message
>
> A old K7M with a Geforce 2 MX has been working fine using agpgart.
>
> best wishes,



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