[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#465977: nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-source: driver works in principle, but sometimes (in games) graphiks are invisible

[Andreas Beckmann]

On Friday, 15. February 2008 19:03:52 Alexander Schmehl wrote:
> Package: nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-source
> Version: 96.43.01-2
>
...
> I have an nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX - nForce GPU] (rev a3)
> graphics card (shipped with an Nforce2 mainboard) and builded the driver
> using module-assistant.
>
...
> However in most games using 3d I get to see only the background image.
> E.g. when I start "ppracer", I get a blue screen, hear the music, but
> neither the menu nor the snow flakes are shown.
>
> That used to work, but I'm unsure which change made it stop.  I think
> (nut haven't tried so yet), that it stopped working, when the
> legacy-96xx driver was splitted, since the "normal" one didn't support
> my graphics card any longer.
>
> Any idea, what I could try to solve the problem / get to know what's
> going wrong?

New nvidia legacy driver packages 96.43.18-1 were just uploaded to unstable. 
You may want to test them in a setup with current kernel and Xorg and see if 
this fixes th eproblem. 


Andreas