> Well Frank, I must disagree with you here. I've been off the list for
> two weeks trying to get a Debian install to work on a Desktop machine
> with an Nvidia chip set. Redhat installs and works just fine with this
> machine. But I wrestled with Debian for two weeks and could not get X to
> work. I even tried using a XF86Config-4 from a working Redhat system. I
> tried installing the drivers from Nvidia. But for some reason I couldn't
> compile them as the compiler I was using was not the compiler used to
> compile the Kernel, so the error message said. Go figure!
>
> I have Debian running on my IBM 760XL ThinkPad and Love it I only wish I
> could get it to work on this desktop machine.
> So in some cases the choice for Redhat vs. Debian maybe that Redhat
> works and Debian doesn't.
>
> I'm a little bitter with Debian at this point. Even using the factory
> specs for Hz and Vert sync and the nv driver I couldn't get Debian to
> work on this machine.
Are you using stable/woody? If so, doesn't it still use X 3.3.6? In that case, your XF86Config-4 would definitely not work, since the format changed at 4.0. In addition, the nvidia drivers were probably written to work with X4.
Levi
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