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On Sunday 19 February 2006 21.13, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: |
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> I tell you what: that is really stupid. |
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> Really, really stupid. |
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maybe |
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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 |
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> some 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 |
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> xorg-x11' and compile the app, but when you did it the nvidia way: |
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> congratulations, you can reinstall X now. |
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Nope - because I did know what I was doing and have a backup copy of my |
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install before the nvidia driver :) |
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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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The answer is simple: it was (or seemed to be) the only way to get 3D |
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acceleration. I followed the Gentoo nvidia how-to and all I could get were |
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incompatible drivers |
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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 |
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> the ones in the emul-packages. |
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It would perhaps be a little more helpful of you told me how... What are "the |
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systems one"? Where do I find them? |
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Thierry |
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a |
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capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the |
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safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? |
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Frank Zappa |
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