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Hello all...this is somewhat typical but "I'm a noob" on here, and to linux, as well. The site seems like an excellent place to get advice though. I'm running Suse ...
  1. 03-26-2007 #1
    tacgsm
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    Unsupported video card?

    Hello all...this is somewhat typical but "I'm a noob" on here, and to linux, as well. The site seems like an excellent place to get advice though. I'm running Suse 10.2 in Virtualbox. Everything is flawless untill i attempt to install the nvidia drivers...and i've tried Multiple methods that i've come across online. Computer specs : dell e1705, gig of ram.. 2.0 core duo.. Geforce Go 7900 gs. When i attempt to run the downloaded driver (1.0-9755) in init 3 mode...i recieve the following notice " Warning, warning you do not appear to have an NVIDIA GPU supported by the 1.0-9755 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver" ..and it is unable to install the driver. I also tried to do so through Yast, but didn't seem to have any luck there either. any advice ..or point me in the right direction? Is this because i'm running through virtualbox with windows xp as my bas os? any advice would be great
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    I haven't used VirtualBox, but, are you sure it enables access to the real GPU and not a simple emulated one?. The output of lspci should help
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    Oh.. I never considered that but I'll defiantly look into this as a possibility (as of now i am also not very familiar with virtualbox) So something like a dual boot instead of running through virtualbox might rectify this ? Anybody more sure about this?
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    ^^ VirtualBox uses its own virtual video card. If you are trying to get Beryl running, you are SOL.
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    That was my goal. Guess I'll have to back track a few steps from here... Thanks for the advice!
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    Yes

    VM's in general simulate some of the hardware. Remember you are not accessing the video hardware directly because the images must be maped via the host OS.

    as root type

    lspci

    to see what video it thinks it is.
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    Question

    Checked with the Ispci command and ...the "uknowns" it came up with included the VGA compatible controller, as well as the System Peripheral. Referring to them as "80ee:beef" and.. "80ee:cake"..
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    Quote Originally Posted by tacgsm
    Checked with the Ispci command and ...the "uknowns" it came up with included the VGA compatible controller, as well as the System Peripheral. Referring to them as "80ee:beef" and.. "80ee:cake"..
    I guess you typed it right in the console or you would not have got a respones but it is lspci note the first letter is a lower case "L" this is shorthand for list ie ls

    BTW there is highend graphics problems no matter what direction you go. I run Windows XP in a VMware Server VM on Suse 10.1 64 bit host. I can not install the NVIDIA windows dirvers in XP but do have them in Linux. The only way to have highend graphics in both OS's is to dual boot. Or sacrifice highend graphics in one of the OS's
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    Oops.. I used "L" but accidentally wrote "Ispci" in my response
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