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Duncan wrote: |
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> Frank Peters posted on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:36:29 -0500 as excerpted: |
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>> On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:11:20 -0600 |
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>> Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> I do have nvidia video cards. I assume the nvidia-drivers package will |
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>>> work fine with no-multilib? The way I am reading things it will but I |
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>>> do want drivers that work. |
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>> Don't forget about the stock nv driver that is supplied by Xorg. It may |
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>> not have 3D acceleration but it will perform very well for most common |
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>> activities. Both work as no-multilib. |
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>> I set up my system in a way that allows me to start X with either the nv |
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>> or the proprietary nvidia driver. For normal activities, which is most |
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>> of the time, I use nv, but there are some occasions when I require the |
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>> full power of the proprietary nvidia. |
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> FWIW and heads-up: The nv driver has been partially supported by nVidia |
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> in the past, mostly as a driver that can be run long enough for users to |
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> get to the nVidia site and download the nVidia driver. However, they've |
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> announced its deprecation, and that they won't be updating it any longer. |
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> Officially, nVidia says users can switch to the also unaccelerated vesa |
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> driver if needed, but they don't mention the nouveau driver. The word is, |
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> however, that the nouveau driver is already better than the nv driver and |
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> that distributions were starting to ship it anyway, to the point that it |
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> really didn't make that much sense for nVidia to continue supporting the nv |
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> driver. |
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> So do consider switching, at least as you upgrade. It's probably not |
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> ready to switch to for folks on 100% stable just yet, but as stable |
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> upgrades, it should be. |
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I'll keep that in mind. I have heard of the driver but been waiting on |
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it to "develop" some more. It looks to me like nvidia would just give |
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out some specs and let the community do it. They could always tell them |
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what they can't release publicly to keep the competition from getting a |
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heads up. |
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I have a fellow Gentooer that sent me a video card. The word snail mail |
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is coming to mind. With the holidays and all, it may be next week |
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before it gets here. I went to a local puter shop and picked up a used |
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ATI card to do the install with. I'm going to run memtest and such |
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first anyway. I just hope this card will work well enough for this. I |
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have never used a ATI card before. If it can put text on the screen for |
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me, I'm happy. |
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Funny thing is, the guy shipped the video card two or three days before |
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Newegg shipped the DVD drive. UPS will be here very shortly with the |
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DVD drive. lol I told you snail mail was coming to mind here. lol |
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Hoping to get started here shortly. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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