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Carthage

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From: Paris, France

Registered: 2015-07-10

Posts: 1

Install old graphic card video nvidia X.org 1.15 necessary

Hello,

I installed archlinux base and one user on my system. Now I would like install x.org, but my video card is too old. It is a Geforce NVIDIA fx5200xt. According to wiki I must to install x.org 1.15 to have no problem : https://wiki.archlinux.fr/NVIDIA#Nvidia and https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-173xx
I think I have to install a new kernel of linux : linux>=3.15.5 ; nvidia-173xx-utils and linux-headers>=3.15.5 (make)
What version of linux'kernel I have to install on my computer : 3.15 or 3.16 ?
Must I install firstly nvidia driver or x.org 1.15 ?

If I follow the wiki "x.org" archlinux ask me to install drivers too recent with this command : pacman -Syu xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-server-utils

How can I choose to install xorg 1.15 with the shell ?

Thank you,

Last edited by Carthage (2015-07-10 13:56:21)

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Carthage from Paris

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,725

Re: Install old graphic card video nvidia X.org 1.15 necessary

I would just use nouveau. You're not going to be doing a lot of gaming with a card that old anyway.

Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

Posts: 3,607

Re: Install old graphic card video nvidia X.org 1.15 necessary

The AUR has xorg-server1.12 packages, I'd say the easiest way to get 1.15 is to modify those. Or you use those packages directly and use 1.12, I doubt it'll make any difference whether you use 1.12 or 1.15.

For the kernel, I'd suggest linux-lts and nvidia-173xx-lts. It might be possible to get the driver to compile with newer kernels, but you'd need to do some work yourself.

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Install old graphic card video nvidia X.org 1.15 necessary

See also https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AM … st#xorg115 and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … ck_Machine