gforce2 (MX400) with nvida drivers 1.0-4349

[Brett I. Holcomb]

>From what I've seen and heard it works on some systems and doesn't on 
others.  IIRC the Nvidia readme tells you that if AGP doesn't work use the 
other options.  Maybe it's something to do with the chipset.


Collins Richey wrote:

> I've just installed the nvidia drivers on my Slack 9.0 system, and the
> only way it will work is to disable AGP.  It craps out totally with
> either the kernel agp module or the nvidia agp module, but it works ok
> with agp disabled.
> 
> I'm on a Aazza KT3-AV with KT133A chipset and an Athlon-XP 1800.
> There are lots of writeups in the nvidia doc about via chipsets and/or
> Athlon processors, but none of them seem applicable to my situation.
> I've even tried changing the AGP Driving setting in the BIOS to a range
> recommended by nvidia.
> 
> I've also done a fair amount of googling to no avail.
> 
> Syptoms are the screen turns to total black and white garbage as soon as
> the X server starts; only ctl-alt-del will cure the problem.  The
> standard X drivers worked ok with AGP enabled.
> 
> Anyone have an opinion?
> 

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