No nvidia support for GT240 fatal for linux
Basil Chupin
blchupin at iinet.net.au
Wed Apr 17 05:52:16 UTC 2013
On 15/04/13 09:06, Rod Lovett wrote:
> Hi,
> First there is not a suitable NVIDIA X DRIVER for GT240 nvidia card
> Edit nvidia-xconfig as root as there is a bogus xcofig file there
>
> After doing this I worked around crappy Nvidia driver
> by editing /etc/X11/ xorg.config
> and putting in my monitors Horiz Sync and vert ref parameters.
>
> So anyone using Nvidia cards even a few years old is now a pariah
> in Linux thanks to Nvidia this will flow onto other OS's too.
>
> Rod
What *ARE* you on about?
The latest nVidia driver - 310.44 - supports your GT240 card, so why are
spreading FUD? :-(
Go here and see for yourself what 310.44 supports:
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/59927
BC
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