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On Samstag, 19. Mai 2007, Peter Davoust wrote: |
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>I'm also going to try the Linux drivers from the nvidia |
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> website. While I trust Gentoo, I'm sure NVidia is more up to date. I |
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> don't think I enabled the in-kernel nvidia drivers, so I should be |
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> fine. |
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YOU ARE WRONG! |
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DO NOT DO THIS! |
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The latest nvidia-drivers in portage are also the latest stable drivers from |
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nvidia PLUS some patches that are needed! If you want to play with the beta |
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drivers, get the ebuild from the gentoo bugzilla. |
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NEVER INSTALL THE NVIDIA-DRIVERS WITHOUT USING THE EBUILD! |
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NEVER! |
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You will hurt yourself, believe me, been there, got hurt badly, had lots of |
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trouble. |
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JUST SAY NO. |
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And about changing kernel without rebooting: |
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you have enough trouble at the moment without it. It can only get worse. |
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