Unsupported video card?

CrossWind · 03-15-2008, 02:50 AM

I get this message when logging in:

Quote:

Unsupported video card!

There are three possible causes for this error:
1. Your video card is too old
2. You haven't installed the latest available drivers
3. You haven't installed the latest DirectX version

I have a nVidia GeForce 5200FX (PCI)

Is this card not supported?
Or are my drivers messed up

OS: Ubuntu 7.10

ArcticWolf · 03-15-2008, 03:58 AM

You have to enable the direct rendering proprietary nvidia official driver (hereinafter "driver"). Just do this:

Open up a console (alt+f2 and write gnome-terminal)
Write this: apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig
Save every document and restart the Screen Server... Well, just restart the computer and you're done.

CrossWind · 03-15-2008, 01:13 PM

I already have nvidia-glx installed
But when i want to install nvidia-settings OR nvidia-xconfig packet manager wants to remove nvidia-glx.
with apt-get its all in conflict with each other.

Froste · 03-15-2008, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrossWind

I already have nvidia-glx installed
But when i want to install nvidia-settings OR nvidia-xconfig packet manager wants to remove nvidia-glx.
with apt-get its all in conflict with each other.

Are you trying to mix and match packages from different dists (editions)?

apt-get dist-upgrade is always an option in that case, otherwise just open /etc/X11/xorg.conf in your favourite text editor, go down to the 'Section "Device"' part, make sure the driver says nvidia and not nv.

Hell_bound · 03-15-2008, 03:52 PM

Well don't know what distribution you are on, but on pure debian you need more then nvidia-glx - like linux headers, build-essential, nvidia-settings and nvidia-xconfig.

However, I skip that way of doing it because just that it seems like a pain in the ass compaired to hitting ctrl+f1 and logging in as user and then cd to a temp dir and doing wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...14.19-pkg1.run , log in as su and then issue /etc/init.d/gdm stop, then sh N*.*, follow the prompts and then say yes to allow nvidia installer to change xcong file, after that is done you back at the command line and then all you do is /etc/init.d/gdm start.

Of course this assumes that you have build-essential and your linux version headers too.

CrossWind · 03-15-2008, 04:04 PM

in my first post: OS: Ubuntu 7.10

But i got it working

FPS isnt very good, but im used to that with my pc.

At first when i started the game, my monitor went "Out of Range".
I fixed this by editing the cfg files (why are there 2 game.cfg's?) and put fullscreen_mode on 0.
So im running in window mode, and it all works just fine. D:

03-15-2008, 03:58 AM	#2
ArcticWolf Duke Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 0x00CAFE Posts: 3,366	You have to enable the direct rendering proprietary nvidia official driver (hereinafter "driver"). Just do this: Open up a console (alt+f2 and write gnome-terminal) Write this: apt-get install nvidia-glx nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig Save every document and restart the Screen Server... Well, just restart the computer and you're done. __________________ I don't have a solution, but I admire the problem.

03-15-2008, 03:52 PM	#5
Hell_bound Master Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 281	Well don't know what distribution you are on, but on pure debian you need more then nvidia-glx - like linux headers, build-essential, nvidia-settings and nvidia-xconfig. However, I skip that way of doing it because just that it seems like a pain in the ass compaired to hitting ctrl+f1 and logging in as user and then cd to a temp dir and doing wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree8...14.19-pkg1.run , log in as su and then issue /etc/init.d/gdm stop, then sh N., follow the prompts and then say yes to allow nvidia installer to change xcong file, after that is done you back at the command line and then all you do is /etc/init.d/gdm start. Of course this assumes that you have build-essential and your linux version headers too. Last edited by Hell_bound; 03-15-2008 at 04:07 PM.

03-15-2008, 01:13 PM	#3
CrossWind Pledge Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	I already have nvidia-glx installed But when i want to install nvidia-settings OR nvidia-xconfig packet manager wants to remove nvidia-glx. with apt-get its all in conflict with each other.

03-15-2008, 04:04 PM	#6
CrossWind Pledge Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	in my first post: OS: Ubuntu 7.10 But i got it working FPS isnt very good, but im used to that with my pc. At first when i started the game, my monitor went "Out of Range". I fixed this by editing the cfg files (why are there 2 game.cfg's?) and put fullscreen_mode on 0. So im running in window mode, and it all works just fine. D: