Linux Graphics card support?

[praka123]

Hello,
I'll be buying a pcie gfx card for my pc.will anyone confirm whether nvidia got supported well in Linux.

 

[QwertyManiac]

Its well supported. Am using the 7600GT without a hitch.

 

[kaustav_geek]

Hello,
I'll be buying a pcie gfx card for my pc.will anyone confirm whether nvidia got supported well in Linux.

Depends on your Distro... On a distro like Sabayon.... Your Graphic card should work like a charm.........Same with FC......

 

[kalpik]

^^ It WILL work on EVERY linux distro..

 

[cynosure]

Yes. Nvidia is known for providing good driver support for Linux. Same cant be said bout ATI.

 

[praka123]

thx guys.I felt Nvidia too got problems with 3D in Linux;although their binary drivers serve the purpose.No way do I buy ATi for there work in making it miserable for their Linux users by not providing support either by opening h/w specs(OSS driver) or a good binary driver.
*www.phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2357
thx again.

 

[kaustav_geek]

^^ It WILL work on EVERY linux distro..

I have an Nvidia IGP.... it didn't get detected on UBUNTU dapper even after a lot of struggle....... So, I personally don't agree with that....

 

[praka123]

^ u can try those restricted drivers?even i thing there is some OSS drivers for nvidia na?(NV something)

 

[kaustav_geek]

^ u can try those restricted drivers?even i thing there is some OSS drivers for nvidia na?(NV something)

Firstly, I was stuck with vesa... The moment I changed vesa->nv ... X wouldn't start......

I tried installing the nvidia drivers using synaptic, but that too didn't work..... As a result, I was stuck with a bad resolution.......

Anyway... Mine is a nvidia IGP, Geforce 6100. Maybe nVidia IGPs have lesser support in Ubuntu... I'm sure you'll be able to get the 7600GT or for that matter any new PCIe card without a problem...... Best of luck.....

 

[mediator]

Nvidia 5200 here!

 

[amitava82]

Nvidia 5700 here...
@kaustav: did u try envy? *albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

 

[praka123]

Ur card seems running in Ubuntu/Linux fine.
see below link for 6100:
*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=134402&highlight=6100

The reason my efforts had always failed, it appears, was b/c the amd kernels and nvidia's binaries were not working well together. my first efforts were with the amd 64 kernels. Later, I switched to the k7 kernels under 32-bit but still no go. Due to another post:
*ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...highlight=6100
I figured there must be something i'm fouling up. On a hunch, I went to the 686 kernel and voila it worked! BTW, in case someone wonders, I did download the nvidia driver for each respective kernel. At least for me, it turned out that it worked only under the 686 kernel. Now I have everything working!

Edit: I mentioned in the post before that the 6100 was not supported by the nvidia driver. I said that b/c the 6100 wasn't listed as supported by the driver on nvidia's site. But obviously i'm wrong.

*ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=804043&postcount=4