[gobolinux-users] "Connection to CUPS server failed ...."

[anshuman at brillgene.com]

Actually Intel cards fare much getter (open source drivers etc.)...granted 
they don't have the performance of nVidia/ATI but they work well with Linux.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heikki Pesonen" <fossiili at gmail.com>
To: gobolinux-users at lists.gobolinux.org
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:21:06 +0200
Subject: Re: [gobolinux-users] "Connection to CUPS server failed ...."

> On 3/14/07, Lucas C. Villa Real <lucasvr at gobolinux.org> wrote:
> >
> > ensure that you have loaded the nvidia
> > driver before launching X ('depmod -a' + 'modprobe nvidia' does that).
> 
> 
> Now it is a beautifull sunny  morning in Tyrnävä and my Gobo Linux looks
> great. After "modprobe nvidia" "NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module" is loaded and
> I could configure the desktop to LCD:s native resolution.
> 
> But cf. "The idea is to always show the licence agreement screen so that the
> user
> becomes aware of it,", so should I
>  wget http://gobolinux.org/download/scripts/InstallNvidia and install NVIDIA
> again?
> 
> I can live without seeing NVIDIA licence agreement, but?
> 
> By the way: In nearly every Linux (Fedora Core, Knoppix, Mandriva, Suse and
> Ubuntu) it has been a hard job to get NVIDIA installed and running well with
> my GeForce Nvidia 6200 display card. Even in the case of Suse 10.2 I could
> not get 3D acceleration to work. Only Sabayon Linux had NVIDIA installed and
> working well from the beginning.
> 
> I know the driver is proprietary, but still - I bought Nvidia 6200 for the
> sake that Nvidia display card were told to work well with Linux's. How
> terrible is the life with other display cards?
> 
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