How to set up a client with a specific graphic card

[TimShelley]

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Hi all,

One of our client machines has an Nvidia card. I've seen the DRBL FAQ about getting the modules and I have a couple of questions about how to get the client to use the Nvidia driver.

Our Server and clients use the same kernel. I believe the restricted Nvidia packages are already installed on the Server - that is I get a list of Nvidia files when I use 'locate nvidia'.

When the client boots the xorg log identifies nvidia but cannot identify the chipset:

(II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
(--) Chipset Unknown NVIDIA chip found
(--) NV(0): Chipset: "Unknown NVIDIA chipset"

The clients has the nvidia module (I've added this to the specific clients modules file), and there is nvidia-kernel in the /etc/init.d

In the /etc/X11 there is no xorg.conf, so do I need to add the nvidia-kernel service and how do I create an xorg-conf file for the client to use.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Tim.

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[Steven Shiau]

Hi Tim,
Which version of GNU/Linux are you using?
Some distribution, e.g. Ubuntu 9.04, by default /etc/X11/xorg.conf does
not exist anymore. However, you can manually create that. I mean to use
a text editor to write it.

Steven.

Tim Shelley wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> One of our client machines has an Nvidia card. I've seen the DRBL FAQ
> about getting the modules and I have a couple of questions about how
> to get the client to use the Nvidia driver.
>
> Our Server and clients use the same kernel. I believe the restricted
> Nvidia packages are already installed on the Server - that is I get a
> list of Nvidia files when I use 'locate nvidia'.
>
> When the client boots the xorg log identifies nvidia but cannot
> identify the chipset:
>
> (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
> (--) Chipset Unknown NVIDIA chip found
> (--) NV(0): Chipset: "Unknown NVIDIA chipset"
>
> The clients has the nvidia module (I've added this to the specific
> clients modules file), and there is nvidia-kernel in the /etc/init.d
>
> In the /etc/X11 there is no xorg.conf, so do I need to add the
> nvidia-kernel service and how do I create an xorg-conf file for the
> client to use.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim.
>
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