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On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 18:40 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote: |
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> > So, falling back on stable is solving your issues with the broken |
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> > nvidia-module, if I'm reading you correctly? |
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> I may have misspoken here. I was using nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629 and having |
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> missing symbol problems with the module in the running kernel |
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> (2.6.16-gentoo-r9, see <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112356#c2>). It |
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> doesn't look as if this driver version is in the current stable nvidia-drivers |
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> version. Both the stable and unstable are using 1.0.8762. My understanding is |
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> that nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx are being phased out in favor of the unitary |
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> package nvidia-drivers, which contains both. |
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Yes and no. |
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The drivers have been split (by NVIDIA) into nvidia-drivers and |
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nvidia-legacy-drivers. The legacy drivers support all the cards that |
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NVIDIA dropped support for with the > 7174 drivers. Because of the |
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dropped support, we've been stuck on the ancient 6629 drivers on x86. I |
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am about to file a stabilization bug for the 8762 and 7182 drivers and |
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legacy-drivers, respectively. This will hopefully get us off the |
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nvidia-kernel/nvidia-glx drivers as quickly as possible. This |
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transition will also allow us to more easily support X.Org 7.1, when |
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compatible drivers are released by NVIDIA. |
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> I don't run ~x86 stuff unless I have to, and sometimes I have to because that's |
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> where bug fixes get put. Some people I've corresponded with just set |
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> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 in their shell profile and run with it. I haven't got |
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> that kind of time! Yes, it's too ... well, too unstable :-) |
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In this particular case, they're still ~arch simply to get more testing. |
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They are quite stable, in practice. |
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Also, some of us don't consider ~arch as "unstable" at all, and refuse |
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to put *anything* "unstable" into the tree unless under -* and |
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package.mask, like our policies dictate. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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