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--- Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o> wrote: |
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> x3n wrote: |
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> > Why have you unmask the xorg-x11 7.1 ebuild if |
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> neither NVIDIA, neither |
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> > ATI have released a driver compatible with this |
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> version ? I think that |
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> > today, there a lot and lot of users with nv or ati |
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> cards... |
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> > Perhaps you know when nvidia will released the new |
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> driver ? |
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> |
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> Your last question answers your first. I have |
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> absolutely no idea when |
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> Nvidia or ATi will deign to release compatible |
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> drivers. I'm not about to |
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> sit back and let things rot because IHVs are |
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> essentially slacking off |
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> and won't even commit to a timetable on when things |
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> will work. The ABI |
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> breakage has been known for months by people working |
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> for both companies, |
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> but they've failed to provide updated drivers. |
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> |
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> All of the open-source drivers are compatible, and |
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> I'm aware of only a |
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> small number of cases in which binary drivers |
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> support hardware |
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> open-source drivers do not (ATi X1000 and up). |
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Actualy the xorg drivers were not that trouble-free |
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either. 3D acceleration with the r300 driver does not |
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work with the DRM modules that come with kernel 2.6.16 |
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and a standalone snapshot that would work with them |
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was only added to portage today. After upgrading to |
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xorg 7.1 I had to emerge vanilla-sources-2.6.17_rc5 to |
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have 3D acceleration back. |
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So I think 7.1 was unmasked a little too early, being |
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in portage was enough for anyone who wanted to try it out. |
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