Hello sickgut
sickgut wrote:
if someone out there has got an FX5200/ fx5700 or something similar working with ubuntu lucid 10.4 or puppy 5 then please let me know
As you can see from my sig, i use an FX5200 and have put together a .pet for Lupu500
I spent most of yesterday putting this together, normally i would use one of
gray's NVIDIA .pets as a template,
but in Lupu things are in different locations and it made it just a bit more tricky than it would normally have been.
So if you would like to
TEST it,
please make a backup of your current install first,
or better still test it in a fresh install.
During my tests (about 12 of them) it appears that Lupu does not use Xorg by default (the xorg.conf has no mention of a driver)
So what i did was, bootup Lupu500 using
pfix=ram
Close the First Run Configuration and then reboot creating a save file in the process.
Bootup using the new save file and then install the .pet and then Exit to prompt (NOT restart X server),
at the prompt, run
xorgwizard choose keyboard and then select
Probe and screen res.
Click OK then type
xwin and hit Enter.
You should then be using the
nvidia driver,
to check if this is the case, go to:
Menu >
System >
System Status and Config >
NVIDIA X Server Settings
hopefully everything is OK.
Some Notes:
- The .pet includes the following directory: /usr/local/libGL-originals/
which contains the following symlinks:
- libGL.so -> ../usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1.2
libGL.so.1 -> ../usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1.2
libGL.so.1.2 -> ../usr/lib/mesa/libGL.so.1.2
These are copies of the original files that already exist in the /lib directory in Lupu500,
and i include them as a precaution in case of any problems when they get replaced by symlinks to the NVIDIA files.
I found that the NVIDIA driver would still work with those files mentioned above,
but Direct Rendering was not available, that is why i replaced them.
If you ever decided to uninstall the .pet (via the package manager), the original files will be restored.
Anyway, if you try it, i hope it works as well for you as it did for me.
You can get it here:
Username = puppy
Password = linux
The following information was taken from this page:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.14.25.html
SUPPORTED PRODUCTS
GeForce 200 series:
GTX 280, GTX 260
GeForce 9 series:
9800 GT, 9600 GT, 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9600 GSO, 9500 GT
GeForce 8 series:
8200, 8300, 8600 GS, 8400 GS, 8300 GS, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GS, 8200 / nForce 730a, 8600 GTS, 8100 / nForce 720a, 8800 GTS, 8800 GTX, 8400 SE, 8800 Ultra, 8500 GT, 8400, 8600 GT, 8800 GT
GeForce 7 series:
7900 GTX, 7950 GT, 7800 SLI, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7900 GT/GTO, 7300 GT, 7300 LE, 7300 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7600 LE, 7350 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7800 GTX, 7100 GS, 7550 LE, 7950 GX2, 7650 GS, 7600 GT, 7600 GS, 7500 LE, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7800 GS, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7900 GS
GeForce 6 series:
6200 LE, 6800, 6800 GS, 6600 GT, 6150SE nForce 430, 6800 XE, 6200, 6150, 6200 TurboCache, 6800 GS/XT, 6250, 6800 LE, 6800 GT, 6200SE TurboCache, 6800 XT, 6600 LE, 6610 XL, 6150 LE, 6600 VE, 6100 nForce 405, 6100 nForce 400, 6600, 6500, 6100, 6100 nForce 420, 6700 XL, 6200 A-LE, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6800 Ultra
GeForce 5 FX series:
FX 5700LE, FX 5600, FX 5600 Ultra, FX 5100, FX 5200 Ultra, PCX 5900, FX 5600XT, FX 5700 Ultra, FX 5950 Ultra, FX 5700, FX 5500, FX 5700VE, FX 5900 Ultra, PCX 5300, PCX 5750, FX 5900XT, FX 5900, FX 5800, FX 5200, FX 5800 Ultra, FX 5200LE, FX 5900ZT
Quadro FX series:
FX 370, FX 1400, FX 5600, FX 540, FX 4500, FX 4000, FX 4500 X2, FX 500/FX 600, FX 1000, FX 3700, FX 1700, FX 1300, FX 1500, FX 560, FX 550, FX 700, FX 1100, FX 3400/4400, FX 4700 X2, FX 330, FX 5500, FX 3500, FX 570, FX 4600, FX 2000, FX 3000, FX 350, FX 3450
Quadro FX Notebook series:
FX 370M, FX 1600M, FX 3600M, FX 1700M, FX 2700M, FX 570M, FX 360M
Quadro NVS series:
NVS 285, NVS 290, NVS 440
Quadro Plex series:
Model IV, Model II
Quadro G-Sync series:
G-Sync II, G-Sync I
Quadro SDI series:
Quadro SDI
GPU Computing Processor series:
Tesla C870
Deskside series:
D870
CatDude
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