dhague30 Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 hello i have an onboard video card (sis630) that is not 3d capable in linux. so i recently bought a 128 MB nvidia GForce4Mx. i was wondering how i switch it so my computer detects the nvidia card and not the other. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 My guess would be that this is something that you need to set up in the bios of the motherboard. There should be an option to turn the onboard video off and the agp slot on. For a more specific answer, list what motherboard you are using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhague30 Posted April 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Ok, I have an amd duron 1.2 ghz motherboard and I don't have an option to use the agp slot as my primary video card. It gives me the option for PCI or onboard AGP. The PCI option does nothing and the AGP is what works now. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Still need the manufacturer and namebrand of the motherboard. Telling us that it is an AMD duron board says very little. Is it Abit, Asus, MSI, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhague30 Posted April 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 in mandrake control center... the space for vendor says Vendor: AuthenticAMD Model name: AMD Duron Processor i dont know if that helps or not... i hope it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Two things to do. 1) look in the bios. If it only lists agp on board or pci, then you should be able to turn off the agp and then install your pci card.(Hope you got a pci card!) 2) Look on the board itself for a jumper that will turn off the on board video. It's got to be one or the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fubar::chi Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Look in bios for an option making switching off your onboard video card. Maybe then an option for non onboard vga will show up. Don't save these settings unless you get the agp slot as primary vid card though. What you just gave was processor info not motherboard info. Who made pc DELL, HP etc? What model is it? If custom built or came with a manual look in their for mother board brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manly Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 Try opening your case, and see what the mobo is labeled as. Then, go to that company's website, and download the manual (likely in PDF). It should tell you how to install an AGP card. This is assuming that you have an AGP slot and card. If you have another monitor lying around, you could also look into going with a dual-monitor setup. Both monitors work in X, and one (the one connected to the GeForce) will work for 3D. Complex to set up, but very cool and possibly cheap way to increase your desktop real estate. --Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 I don't think any of this is necessary (is in windows though :P). I have onborad agp that has crappy support in linux. So I bought a GeForce2 MX200 (1.5 years ago). Both at install and in a terminal as root with; XFdrake --expert --noauto I have always been given a choice between 1. Configuring NVIDIA card only 2. Configuring Intel card only 3. Configuring both NVIDA and Intel 4. Xinerama. I've alway chosen; Configure NVIDIA card only and have never had any probs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ndeb Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 First check if ur motherboard has an external AGP slot. If not, return the geforce4 mx card. If yes, then put it into the AGP slot. The BIOS should automatically disable the on-board AGP card and and activate the external AGP card. Thats my experience. The BIOS option for selection between AGP and PCI only chooses between PCI and AGP, not between internal and external AGP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 Unless I've missed something, which is very possible, I thought only the 2.5 and 2.6 kernels could see agp as agp instead of seeing agp as pci? If so, again, would any of this really matter? The kernel's comunication with bios/acpi should take care of the rest. No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ndeb Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 The kernel treats the AGP bus just as PCI. Support of the AGP 1x/2x/4x/8x modes is provided by the agpgart module in 2.4.x kernels. This should not affect display setting as AGP can be entirely disabled for a video card and the video card should still work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c_m_f Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 when i did the same (it had a crappy onboard card and agp slot) i just fitted the new card, plugged in the monitor and turned on, no errors/questions, nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peep Posted April 28, 2003 Report Share Posted April 28, 2003 i'm embarassed to ask this... but if you installed the new card, did you remember to plug the monitor into the new video card instead of the onboard video? that's the most common mistake i've seen people make when upgrading onboard video... and i've done it too. (luckily it's easy to fix) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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