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On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:40:34 -0700 |
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Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I have no problem with you or anyone else running nouveau. None at all. |
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> I do have a problem with someone saying 'it's time for everyone to |
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> give up nvidia-drivers' without demonstrating they know the full |
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> impact of what they are suggesting. Had Cheng Renquan suggest 'Maybe |
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> people who don't need anything other than basic X capabilities should |
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> consider running nouveau' I wouldn't have even chimed in. |
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I think the main complaint is that the Nvidia drivers are closed |
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binary blobs while Nouveau is an attempt to create an entirely |
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open source driver. The spirit of free software demands that we |
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support these open initiatives. |
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Actually, until recently, I was very happy using the legacy open |
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source xorg nvidia driver known simply as as "nv." It is still |
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available in Gentoo as x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv. |
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Since I do not do gaming or other intensive graphic activities, |
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I could get by nicely with just nv. However, the nv driver does |
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not seem to support the latest hardware too well. On one of |
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my machines I have a card based on Nvidia GeForce 210. Although |
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the nv driver works with this card, it does not enable the Xv |
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extension and consequently the graphic response is poor. |
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On older cards nv does work quite well for ordinary purposes. |
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Frank Peters |
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