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diox 07/02/08 00:09:31 |
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Modified: nvidia-guide.xml |
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Log: |
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applying wolf31o2s patch for nvidia-guide.xml #165844 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.36 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.36&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.36&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?r1=1.35&r2=1.36 |
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Index: nvidia-guide.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.35 |
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retrieving revision 1.36 |
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diff -u -r1.35 -r1.36 |
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--- nvidia-guide.xml 29 Nov 2006 15:57:52 -0000 1.35 |
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+++ nvidia-guide.xml 8 Feb 2007 00:09:31 -0000 1.36 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.35 2006/11/29 15:57:52 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.36 2007/02/08 00:09:31 diox Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml"> |
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@@ -37,10 +37,18 @@ |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-nVidia release their own Linux drivers which provide good performance and full |
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-3D acceleration. There are two drivers in Portage. <c>nvidia-drivers</c> is for |
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-newer nVidia graphics cards, while <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c> supports older |
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-cards. |
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+The nVidia drivers in the tree are released by nVidia and are built against the |
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+Linux kernel. They contain a binary blob that does the heavy lifting for talking |
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+to the card. The drivers consist of two parts, a kernel module, and an X11 |
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+driver. Both parts are included in a single package. Due to the way nVidia has |
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+been packaging their drivers, you will need to make some choices before you |
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+install the drivers. Currently, there are two driver packages in the tree. The |
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+first, <c>nvidia-drivers</c>, is the latest drivers from nVidia and includes |
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+support for the latest cards. The second, <c>nvidia-legacy-drivers</c>, supports |
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+older cards, from the original TNT through the GeForce 6800. However, this |
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+driver does not support the latest features of the newer cards. You should only |
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+use <c>nvidia-legacy-driver</c> if your cards is not supported in the |
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+<c>nvidia-drivers</c> package. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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</chapter> |
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<chapter> |
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+<title>Driver compatibility</title> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>nvidia-legacy-drivers</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+The <c>nvidia-legacy-driver</c> branch supports older nVidia cards which are no |
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+longer supported in the latest driver releases. This branch is based on an older |
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+code base of the nVidia drivers, and supports the latest kernels and X.Org |
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+versions. You should use this driver if you have a TNT, TNT2, GeForce, or |
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+GeForce 2 series card. The driver compatibility information can be found in |
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+Appendix A of |
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+<uri>http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7184/README/readme.txt</uri>. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>nvidia-drivers</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+The <c>nvidia-drivers</c> branch supports the features in newer nVidia cards. |
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+The latest version of these drivers has dropped support for the NV2x based |
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+cards. If you have a GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series card, you should mask |
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+<c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9700</c> in your |
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+<path>/etc/portage/package.mask</path> file. This will prevent newer versions of |
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+the driver which are incompatible with your card from being installed. You can |
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+check for driver compatibility for your card at to determine if it is supported |
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+on the newer drivers at |
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+<uri>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9746/README/appendix-a.html</uri>. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+</chapter> |
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+ |
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+<chapter> |
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<title>Configuring your Card</title> |
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<section> |
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<title>Kernel Configuration</title> |
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<p> |
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As mentioned above, the nVidia kernel driver installs and runs against your |
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current kernel. It builds as a module, so it makes sense that your kernel must |
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-support the loading of kernel modules. If you used <c>genkernel</c> to |
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-configure the kernel for you then you're all set. If not, double check your |
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+support the loading of kernel modules. If you used <c>genkernel all</c> to |
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+configure the kernel for you, then you're all set. If not, double check your |
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kernel configuration so that this support is enabled: |
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</p> |
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<*> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) |
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</pre> |
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+<note> |
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+On amd64, the IOMMU controls the agpgart setting. |
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+</note> |
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+ |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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<section> |
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automatically discover your kernel version based on the |
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<path>/usr/src/linux</path> symlink. Please ensure that you have this symlink |
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pointing to the correct sources and that your kernel is correctly configured. |
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-Please refer to the Configuring the Kernel section of the <uri |
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+Please refer to the "Configuring the Kernel" section of the <uri |
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link="/doc/en/handbook/">Installation Handbook</uri> for details on configuring |
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your kernel. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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Unfortunately, certain legacy video cards are not supported by the newer |
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-versions of <c>nvidia-drivers</c>. nVidia provides a <uri |
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-link="http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html">list of supported |
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-cards</uri>. Please check the list before installing the drivers. |
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+versions of <c>nvidia-drivers</c>. |
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+nVidia provides a <uri link="http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html">list |
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+of supported cards</uri>. Please check the list before installing the drivers. |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Unsupported cards"> |
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+TNT |
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TNT2 |
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TNT2 Pro |
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TNT2 Ultra |
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