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From: Josh Saddler <nightmorph@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: nvidia-guide.xml
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:23:13
Message-Id: E1IslEl-0007om-4Q@stork.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 07/11/15 20:22:55
2
3 Modified: nvidia-guide.xml
4 Log:
5 updated nvidia guide with new driver version info
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.44 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.44&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.44&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?r1=1.43&r2=1.44
13
14 Index: nvidia-guide.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.43
18 retrieving revision 1.44
19 diff -u -r1.43 -r1.44
20 --- nvidia-guide.xml 18 Aug 2007 08:40:52 -0000 1.43
21 +++ nvidia-guide.xml 15 Nov 2007 20:22:55 -0000 1.44
22 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
23 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
24 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.43 2007/08/18 08:40:52 nightmorph Exp $ -->
25 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.44 2007/11/15 20:22:55 nightmorph Exp $ -->
26 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
27
28 <guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml">
29 @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
30 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
31 <license/>
32
33 -<version>1.34</version>
34 -<date>2007-08-18</date>
35 +<version>1.35</version>
36 +<date>2007-11-15</date>
37
38 <chapter>
39 <title>Introduction</title>
40 @@ -74,24 +74,24 @@
41 </p>
42
43 <p>
44 -Older cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4
45 -series require the 96xx drivers. For these cards, you should mask
46 -<c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.9700</c> in your
47 -<path>/etc/portage/package.mask</path> file. This will prevent newer versions of
48 -the driver which are incompatible with your card from being installed.
49 +Older cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series require the 96.x drivers.
50 +For these cards, you should mask <c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-97.00</c> in
51 +your <path>/etc/portage/package.mask</path> file. This will prevent newer
52 +versions of the driver which are incompatible with your card from being
53 +installed.
54 </p>
55
56 <p>
57 Old NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and GeForce 2) require the
58 -older 71xx drivers (such as <c>nvidia-drivers-1.0.7185</c>). For these cards,
59 -you should mask <c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-1.0.8700</c> in
60 +older 71.x drivers (such as <c>nvidia-drivers-71.86.01</c>). For these cards,
61 +you should mask <c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-87.00</c> in
62 <path>/etc/portage/package.mask</path>.
63 </p>
64
65 <p>
66 You can check for driver compatibility for your card at to determine which
67 -driver supports it at
68 -<uri>http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/100.14.11/README/appendix-a.html</uri>.
69 +driver supports it by viewing the README at its appropriate x86 or x86-64
70 +<uri link="http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html">release page</uri>.
71 </p>
72
73 </body>
74 @@ -253,9 +253,9 @@
75 </pre>
76
77 <note>
78 -The newer 100.x drivers can be installed with the <c>gtk</c> USE flag set. This
79 -will install <c>media-video/nvidia-settings</c>, a handy graphical tool for
80 -monitoring and configuring several aspects of your nVidia card.
81 +The drivers can be installed with the <c>gtk</c> USE flag set. This will install
82 +<c>media-video/nvidia-settings</c>, a handy graphical tool for monitoring and
83 +configuring several aspects of your nVidia card.
84 </note>
85
86 <impo>
87 @@ -433,9 +433,9 @@
88 nVidia also provides you with a settings tool. This tool allows you to monitor
89 and change graphical settings without restarting the X server and is available
90 through Portage as <c>media-video/nvidia-settings</c>. As mentioned earlier, it
91 -will be pulled in automatically if you install
92 -<c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-100.14.09</c> with the <c>gtk</c> USE flag set
93 -in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> or in <path>/etc/portage/package.use</path>.
94 +will be pulled in automatically if you install the drivers with the <c>gtk</c>
95 +USE flag set in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> or in
96 +<path>/etc/portage/package.use</path>.
97 </p>
98
99 </body>
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