AGP?

john wendel jwendel10 at comcast.net
Sun Dec 27 03:38:02 UTC 2009


On 12/26/2009 03:59 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> I'm pretty sure I my video card is AGP.
> When I zapped the old one, I had to look hard to find an AGP card.
> The old one has "AGP1" printed on it.
> As I have several windows open, my system (FC11) can't be too confused.
> From
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F11_bugs#Graphical_desktop_failing_to_start_or_crashing_with_AGP_NVIDIA_graphics_cards
> :
>> Some NVIDIA onboard graphics chipsets use AGP, as well as expansion
>> cards that fit in an AGP slot. To check whether your onboard chipset is
>> an AGP one, run this command:
>>
>> grep -i agp /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>>
>> if it returns anything, your chip is an AGP one. If not, it isn't.
>
> grep -i agp /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> does not return anything.
> lspci -nn | grep orce
> returns
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34
>> [GeForce FX 5200LE] [10de:0323] (rev a1)
> ^^^^ PCI ID?
>
> What is going on?
>
> In case it helps, my xorg.conf:
>> # Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display
>>
>> Section "Files"
>> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "ServerFlags"
>> Option "AIGLX" "on"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> Identifier "Videocard0"
>> Driver "vesa"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Extensions"
>> Option "Composite" "Enable"
>> EndSection
>
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html lists GeForce FX 5200LE 0x0323
> as "legacy".
> Does that mean I shouldn't even try for 3D acceleration?
>

Use the Nvidia 173.14.22 series drivers for your FX 5200. 3D won't be 
spectacular, but it will be useable.

Regards,

John




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