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nightmorph 09/01/26 08:20:48 |
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Modified: nvidia-guide.xml |
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Log: |
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update nvidia guide for new driver support for geforce 5 cards, bug 242308 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.47 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=1.47&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.47&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?r1=1.46&r2=1.47 |
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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 1.46 |
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retrieving revision 1.47 |
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diff -u -r1.46 -r1.47 |
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--- nvidia-guide.xml 14 Sep 2008 05:12:23 -0000 1.46 |
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+++ nvidia-guide.xml 26 Jan 2009 08:20:48 -0000 1.47 |
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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 1.46 2008/09/14 05:12:23 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.47 2009/01/26 08:20:48 nightmorph 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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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.37</version> |
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-<date>2008-09-13</date> |
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+<version>1.38</version> |
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+<date>2009-01-26</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Newer cards such as the GeForce 8, 7, 6, and FX 5 series should use the newer |
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-drivers from the 100.x series. |
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+Newer cards such as the GeForce 9, 8, 7, and 6 series should use the latest |
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+drivers. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Older cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series require the 96.x drivers. |
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+Older cards such as the GeForce FX 5 series should use the 173.x drivers, such |
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+as <c>nvidia-drivers-173.14.15</c>. For these cards, you should mask |
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+<c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-174.00</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. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+Old cards such as the GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 series require the 96.x drivers. |
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For these cards, you should mask <c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-97.00</c> in |
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-your <path>/etc/portage/package.mask</path> file. This will prevent newer |
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-versions of the driver which are incompatible with your card from being |
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-installed. |
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+your <path>/etc/portage/package.mask</path> file. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Old NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and GeForce 2) require the |
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-older 71.x drivers (such as <c>nvidia-drivers-71.86.01</c>). For these cards, |
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+The oldest NV2x-based cards (such as TNT, TNT2, GeForce, and GeForce 2) require the |
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+71.x drivers (such as <c>nvidia-drivers-71.86.01</c>). For these cards, |
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you should mask <c>>=x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-87.00</c> in |
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<path>/etc/portage/package.mask</path>. |
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</p> |