Anyone running Debian Xorg will know that getting accelerated Graphics drivers working (beyond using the nv driver) is more complicated than achieving world piece. I tried the official nvidia drivers, I tried the packages within the repositories, all to no effect. However, http://desiato.tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.html has perfect instructions which worked first time.
Just a bit of detail around my card for reference:
- Nvidia GeForce 6200 128mb AGP.
- Debian Lenny (v 2.6.26-1-686)
- Intel Desktop Mobo (An 82865 IIRC).
- Gnome Desktop
I hope this is of use to someone, as I lost many an hour trying to get all other instructions working. Also, for reference, I gave up trying to get an ancient Riva TNT2 working, but the 6200 is an excellent upgrade, and pretty cheap too. It also means I'm able to decommission a PC from the living room, and hopefully I'll be able to get XBMC compiled and working on it too.
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