Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: "Jürgen Schinker" <ba1020@×××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] OpenGL trouble (?)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:52:10
Message-Id: 46344.213.70.107.33.1140515423.squirrel@www.homie.homelinux.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] OpenGL trouble (?) by "Hemmann
1 On Sun, February 19, 2006 21:13, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
2 > On Sunday 19 February 2006 18:20, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
3 >
4 >> Hello,
5 >>
6 >>
7 >> So I've set up my opteron box and now (almost( everything is working,
8 >> I've
9 >> transfered my mail directory (this usually means I'm ready to start
10 >> working with the machine :)
11 >>
12 >> I had some problems installing the nvidia driver - I have a 6600GT card
13 >> and the driver that emerge would installed was apparently too old. So I
14 >> backed up everything at tried the "officiel" Nvidia driver, and it
15 >> works... mostly
16 >
17 > so, instead of using /etc/portage/package.unmask you installed the driver
18 > directly?
19 >
20 >
21 Yeah but a lot user run in this trap...
22 and at least it was the only way to get my resolution running
23 i use 1920x1200 native...and 3D opengl
24 so tell me how do i get rid of all this nvidia-fetch stuff...
25
26 and then how to convert to a only Gentoo way
27
28 and put a red warning on the howto install nvidia on Gentoo to
29 never ever use the Nvidia-scripts
30
31 --
32 gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] OpenGL trouble (?) Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@××××××××.ch>