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Among my efforts to get scanning working again with Gentoo, |
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I've encountered another problem in a different area. |
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Recently, I sent a message to this list re Nvidia-drivers |
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-- that 396.24-r1 wouldn't start with my 4.14.52 kernel, |
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so I started using 390.67 -- & I've now discovered that there's a problem |
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with any version of Nvidia & my previous 4.9.16 & 4.2.0-r1 kernels. |
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Might I be better off, if I used Nouveau instead ? |
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It is what Mint 17 & 19 seem to use, so must be fairly stable. |
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So a few questions : |
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(1) What are people's experiences with Nouveau ? |
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-- does it work easily with various kernels ? |
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-- does it manage graphics stably & reliably ? |
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-- I don't do much with video (a few newsreels) & don't use sound. |
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(2) If I install it, how do I switch between Nouveau & Nvidia ? |
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(3) Sadly, I didn't make a Quickpkg of the Nvidia version I was using |
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when my scanner was working with Gentoo (last time 180626). |
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I have the distfiles, but not the ebuilds : |
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is there anywhere I can find ebuilds for Nvidia-Drivers 390.42 390.48 ? |
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