Graphics Driver Not Working

[Guest Wilk]

I'm installing Mandriva10.1 free edition on Virtual PC and i'm getting this error message on my video card:

 

"An error occured (EE) No Devices Detected"

 

My video card is a Gforce FX 5600 128MB.

I tried just about all the drivers they offer in the list but none seem to work.

 

Any help would be great. Also i'm kind of a newbie. I used Mandrake 9 a bit ago but didn't get deep into it.

[ianw1974]

10.1 Official might be a little old for it, but you could get it working. You would require downloading the drivers from NVidia to get your card running.

 

Their instructions are very easy, but require that you have your kernel-source installed for the driver to compile into the kernel.

 

You might be better trying LE2005 or 2006.

[Guest Wilk]

is there much difference compared to LE2005 ? I thought 10.1 was the latest version. Also I went to the download page for the drivers. Any Idea which ones I choose?

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

[ianw1974]

This is your best bet, I'm presuming a 32 bit system:

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display...2_1.0-8174.html

 

if AMD 64 bit, then choose this link:

 

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display...4_1.0-8174.html

 

LE2005 is much newer than 10.1 Official. The latest is 2006, and I'm now using this on practically all my systems, except two. Currently have 5 systems running 2006.

[Guest Wilk]

Well I would probably be better off with the latest version.... Would you have an ftp link for the ISO's?

 

I'm not sure if i'll be able to install them using Virtual PC.

If not i'll give those drivers a try..

Thanks for your help.

Edited December 6, 2005 by Wilk

[ianw1974]

You can try this ftp server:

 

anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk

 

just type this in the connection box, then head to:

 

/Mandriva/official/iso/10.2/i586/

 

for the LE2005 version. For 2006 head to:

 

/Mandriva/official/iso/2006.0/i586/

 

They have CD and DVD versions. I tend to use DVD, one disk for everything, else you will need 3 x CD images. Although you could get a basic installation with 1 x CD image, it's probably best with all 3.

 

After installation, you should get a basic graphical interface, but for the best graphical output, you will still need the drivers from NVidia. The basic interface will give you a GUI, but no acceleration.

[Guest Wilk]

Thanks alot for your help ianw1974, i'm downloading them now while I sleep.

 

If anyone else needs the ftp, here's a direct link to the locations:

 

http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/en/downloads/mirrors/2006iso

[Guest Wilk]

I got 2006 to install. It's quite slow on the virtual pc though. I'll have to up the ram.

Edited December 7, 2005 by Wilk

[tamathumper]

The "Virtual PC" does not use your graphics card, it emulates an S3 Trio 64+ with 4MB RAM if I remember correctly...

[ianw1974]

Remember, if kat is installed, this will slow it down as well. Also lisa, so remove these by:

 

urpme kat
urpme lisa

 

you should notice a jump in speed after that.