Re: Nvidia GEForce4 Mx440

mike <[email protected]> 26 Nov 2002 00:12:46 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.xfree86.expert
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 01:42, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, George Gopie wrote:
> 
> > I have installed Linux Red Hat Advanced Server 2.4.9-e.3 on my intel
> > server with a 64MB nvidia #DGeForce4 Mx440 series  video card. I am
> > unable to get it to work with X. I have down loaded XFRee86 4.0.2  and
> > installed it., but when I try to start the configuration with XFree86
> > -configure i get that the Following:
> > Fatal Server error:
> > XFree86 has found a valid card configuration.
> > Unfortunately the appropriate data has not been added to the
> > xf86PciInfo.h.
> >  
> 
> 
>  This card is relatively new and there has been no official XFree86 release
> since that card has come out so there is no official release supporting
> it (certainly not 4.0.2 which is two years old).  You either have
> to build XFree86 from CVS or install the binary drivers from nvidia's
> web site, or *maybe* replacing the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o
> with the one on my web page http://www.xfree86.org/~mvojkovi/nv_drv.o
> will work if you start the server with the -ignoreABI option (ie.
> "startx -- -ignoreABI") - that certainly works with 4.2.0, but I don't
> know about 4.0.2.
> 

Relatively new? - just use the nv driver

I attach my XF86Config if you want to use it (I have a 440mx as well)

It has worked with 4.1 4.2 and cvs - havn't checked 4.0.2 but the nv
driver has been around a while


> 			Mark.
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XF86Config-4 (text/plain, 1.8 KB)

# XFree86 4.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

# By default, Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use xfs

Section "Files"
	FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

# Module loading section

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"		# Double-buffering
	Load  "GLcore"		# OpenGL support
	Load  "dri"		# Direct rendering infrastructure
	Load  "glx"		# OpenGL X protocol interface
	Load  "extmod"		# Misc. required extensions
	Load  "v4l"		# Video4Linux
	# Load  "pex5"		# PHIGS for X 3D environment (obsolete)
	# Load  "record"	# X event recorder
	# Load  "xie"		# X Image Extension (obsolete)
	# You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.
	# Load  "freetype"	 # TrueType font handler
	# Load  "type1"		# Adobe Type 1 font handler
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option      "XkbLayout"	"gb"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
	Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier "Maxdata Belinea 10 40 10"
	VendorName "Unknown"
	ModelName  "Unknown"
	HorizSync 30.0-48.5
	VertRefresh 50.0-120.0
	Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier "My Video Card"
	Driver "nv"
	BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer"
	Driver "fbdev"
	BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device "My Video Card"
	Monitor "Maxdata Belinea 10 40 10"
	DefaultDepth 24
	Subsection "Display"
		Depth 24
		Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode 0666
EndSection