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Jeremy Winick <jeremy.winick@×××××××.net> writes: |
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> I just found out about your project from an O'Reilly web article. |
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> Sounds very interesting. However, when I went to your web site and |
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> looked at the pages, I saw Nvidia logo. Now how can one as my experience |
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> |
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> serves, use Nvidia graphics boards with Open GL without Nvidia |
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> proprietary |
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> code. I have been using RH 7.3 on a Dell with Nvidia and I must "taint" |
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> the |
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> kernel to include Nvidia's proprietary 3-D kernel modules. Do you have |
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> another way, such as open source drivers that work well. You must if |
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> you use Nvidia and support games (I am not really a gamer so I guess I |
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> could get away without using Nvidia's code). |
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After you emerge x11-base/xfree, just run "opengl-update xfree" to |
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choose the free driver for nvidia cards. Most likely the opengl-update |
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step isn't even necessary (and you don't have to install the |
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proprietary nvidia-{kernel,glx} anyway). Just make sure you use the |
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"nv" driver in your /etc/X11/XF86Config. |
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,----[ XF86Config ] |
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| Section "Module" |
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| Load "dbe" |
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| SubSection "extmod" |
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| Option "omit xfree86-dga" |
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| EndSubSection |
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| Load "type1" |
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| Load "freetype" |
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| EndSection |
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| Section "Device" |
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| Identifier "NVIDIA Riva TNT2" |
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| Driver "nv" |
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| EndSection |
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`---- |
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Note the *missing* "Load "glx"" in the Module section too. |
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Not sure about the Nvidia logo on the web-site though??? I suppose |
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we're recommending the proprietary drivers over the free drivers in a |
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way... |
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Matt |
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Matthew Kennedy |
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