128MB GeForce FX 5200

[KevinO]

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Richard L. Proctor wrote:
> Okay,  Redhat 9.0 attempts to install with this video card,  but once
> hardware detection is done,  the video goes out of synch range and the
> monitor shuts off.  SuSE 8.1 Pro  will install and boot,  however,
> there is no selection for this card in yast, and none of the other
> GeForce selections will work.  Anyone know if there is a module or
> something that will get this card up and running?  It works great in
> Windows,  but I rather have it work great in Linux too.
>
> Also I see SuSE 8.2 Pro has listed the 5800 FX as supported,  but the
> 5200 FX is not listed, and I would hate to upgrade only to find out that
> the 5200 won't work, and be back at square one.
>
> Any suggestions, ideas, thoughts???

Have you tried:

http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_ia32_1.0-4363

?

This is nvidia's latest driver/installer and it works pretty nifty, if you are
okay with tainting your kernel. I have a GeForce4 Ti4200 and 7000 fps with
glxgears seemed worth it.

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KevinO

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