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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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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |