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Captain's Blog [Mon, Mar 22 17:18:46 EST 2004]

Have been trying to get the ITL machines to use the nvidia drivers so that we can take full advantage of all the hardware. However, the update script doesnt seem to work correctly. It is supposed to determine via the VGA line in /proc/pci, but it just goes to straight to whats set up as the default.

Anyway, here's the part of thte script that works the voodoo:

if [ "$graphics_card" == "Permedia" ]; then
/bin/ln -sf /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.FireGL /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
echo "Using glint driver"
elif [ "$grapics_card" == "GeForce2" ]; then
/bin/ln -sf /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.nvidia /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
echo "Using nVidia driver"
else
/bin/ln -sf /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.$lab /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
fi

Let me know if you have any ideas
Captain out

Captain's Blog [Wed Mar 24 10:48:23 EST 2004]

Went to the COSI meeting yesterday... we've decided to work on getting ready the IT presentation and give it next semester. Also, there's going to be an Open House on Saturday, so work to get a brief presentation and a demonstration of what we've been working on (ie: pen2).

Thats it for now.
Captain out