NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Linux Driver

[Dylan Semler]

On 10/2/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/2/06, Dylan Semler <dylan.semler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/1/06, Christopher A. Williams <chrisw01 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > Actually, I haven't tried the beta driver since I was only using the
> > > Livna packages and and the latest version available from there is
> > > currently 1.0.7184. These packages have been there for a little over a
> > > month.
> > >
> >
> > 7184 is quite old (a year maybe).  They are legacy packages and there
>
> 1.0-7184 was released on the same day as 1.0-8774.  The difference is
> that 1.0-7184 is a legacy driver (and is not intended for use with an
> FX5200).

You're right, my mistake.

>
> > only to be used under certain circumstances.  If there is no reason to
> > avoid doing so, I'd upgrade to at least to 8774, although this is not
> > likely to solve your problem.
>
> I'm not sure why you think that, unless you know what the problem is,
> and how it can be fixed.

No real good reason, I'm just skeptical.  I would definitely recommend
using the correct driver, I just wouldn't expect it to solve the
problem.  That'd be awesome if it does.

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