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need to get drivers for video card and install them

Asked by JPMarchand

Hello everyone, my request is very simple, i just installed ubuntu, and my voodoo 3 2000 video card is obviously not working, probably need drivers. where can i get those drivers and how can i install them?... i know very little about linux, i was told it was as user friendly as windows...

Thank you foe your consideration

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Jeremy Vies (jeremy.vies) said : 		#1

Hi JP,

what do you mean by "my voodoo 3 2000 video card is obviously not working" ? don't have a graphical login screen at start up ?

Anyway, the drivers are provided within ubuntu. They are just not probably correctly configured.
The configuration file for the graphical server is /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
In this file you can find a section "Device" , with a line "Driver". In front of Driver, you probably have "vesa", you should replace "vesa" by "tdfx".

Note: to edit the file, you can use "nano":
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

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JPMarchand (jp-marchand) said : 		#2

Hello M. Vies, i would like to thank you for giving me
the advice concerning my video card, but i'm totally new to Linux, could you
please give me step by step instructions, you see, i dont know what to do
exactly with /etc/X11/xorg.conf and
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Where do i find those and how do i edit it?

T.Y. -JP marchand

2006/8/17, Jeremy Vies <email address hidden>:
>
> Support request #1504 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1504
>
> Comment:
> Hi JP,
>
> what do you mean by "my voodoo 3 2000 video card is obviously not working"
> ? don't have a graphical login screen at start up ?
>
> Anyway, the drivers are provided within ubuntu. They are just not probably
> correctly configured.
> The configuration file for the graphical server is /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> In this file you can find a section "Device" , with a line "Driver". In
> front of Driver, you probably have "vesa", you should replace "vesa" by
> "tdfx".
>
> Note: to edit the file, you can use "nano":
> nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>

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