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Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> Ok, what about nv and nvidia in xorg-x11 7.1? It looks as if I now have to |
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> choose between the open-source nv and the proprietary nvidia in my |
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> make.conf. I used to have both specified so that I could switch between the |
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> two installed drivers, but if I leave both in, with VIDEO_CARDS="nv |
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> nvidia", I get circular, blocking dependencies. Pro tem I just have nv in |
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> there, but if I want to use the nvidia driver I'll have some fiddling to |
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> do. |
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That's because Nvidia hasn't released drivers compatible with X.Org 7.1 |
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yet, and I have no idea when it will do so. |
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You have a few options: |
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1) Stop using binary drivers until Nvidia releases a fixed one, and |
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upgrade to 7.1 |
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2) Mask 7.1 locally, and continue to use binary drivers. |
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3) Ignore the ABI break, copy the nvidia ebuilds to your overlay and |
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remove the blocker on 7.1. A lot of fonts will look like crap and your |
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server may crash on minor driver errors rather than handling them |
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gracefully. |
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Hope that helps, |
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Donnie |
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