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On Sunday 19 February 2006 18:20, Thierry de Coulon wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> So I've set up my opteron box and now (almost( everything is working, I've |
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> transfered my mail directory (this usually means I'm ready to start working |
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> with the machine :) |
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> I had some problems installing the nvidia driver - I have a 6600GT card and |
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> the driver that emerge would installed was apparently too old. |
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> So I backed up everything at tried the "officiel" Nvidia driver, and it |
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> works... mostly |
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so, instead of using /etc/portage/package.unmask you installed the driver |
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directly? |
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I tell you what: that is really stupid. |
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Really, really stupid. |
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You DESERVE problems, if you did this. |
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Why? |
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Because: when you update the driver sometimes the nvidia driver forgets some |
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files somewhere - resulting in direct rendering not working. |
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Even worse: some apps don't compile with the nvidia opengl libs and headers - |
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so if you do it the gentoo way you could just 'eselect set opengl xorg-x11' |
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and compile the app, but when you did it the nvidia way: congratulations, you |
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can reinstall X now. |
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btw: I really do not understand why gentoo still uses the old drivers: they |
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suck. |
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But that does not excuse using the nvidia installing method. |
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For your problems: |
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usually it helps replacing the sdl lib or openal with 'the systems one' or the |
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ones in the emul-packages. |
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