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Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en nvidia-guide.xml |
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Log: |
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#116433 added warning about legacy drivers |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.21 +71 -15 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml |
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file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.21&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo |
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plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml?rev=1.21&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml.diff?r1=1.20&r2=1.21&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: nvidia-guide.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.20 |
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retrieving revision 1.21 |
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diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21 |
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--- nvidia-guide.xml 25 Oct 2005 17:27:09 -0000 1.20 |
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+++ nvidia-guide.xml 13 Jan 2006 16:06:46 -0000 1.21 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.20 2005/10/25 17:27:09 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml,v 1.21 2006/01/13 16:06:46 neysx Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml"> |
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<author title="Editor"> |
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<mail link="curtis119@g.o">M Curtis Napier</mail> |
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</author> |
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+<author title="Editor"> |
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+ <mail link="jackdark@×××××.com">Joshua Saddler</mail> |
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+</author> |
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<abstract> |
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Many Gentooists have an nVidia chipset on their system. nVidia provides specific |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.16</version> |
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-<date>2005-10-25</date> |
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+<version>1.17</version> |
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+<date>2006-01-13</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Configuring your Card</title> |
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<section> |
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-<title>Installing the Appropriate Drivers</title> |
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+<title>Kernel Configuration</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-nVidia's modules and libraries are combined in two packages: <c>nvidia-glx</c> |
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-and <c>nvidia-kernel</c>. The former are the X11 GLX libraries while the latter |
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+nVidia's modules and libraries are combined in two packages: <c>nvidia-glx</c> |
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+and <c>nvidia-kernel</c>. The former are the X11 GLX libraries while the latter |
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are the kernel modules. |
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</p> |
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# <i>ln -snf linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r6 linux</i> |
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</pre> |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>Optional: Check for Legacy Card Support</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<note> |
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+Unfortunately, certain legacy video cards are not supported by the newer |
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+versions of <c>nvidia-glx</c> and <c>nvidia-kernel</c>. nVidia provides a <uri |
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+link="http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html">list of supported cards</uri>. |
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+Please check the list before installing the drivers. |
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+</note> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+The following is a list of <b>unsupported</b> legacy video cards: |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Unsupported cards"> |
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+TNT2 |
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+TNT2 Pro |
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+TNT2 Ultra |
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+TNT2 Model 64 (M64) |
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+TNT2 Model 64 (M64) Pro |
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+Vanta |
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+Vanta LT |
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+GeForce 256 |
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+GeForce DDR |
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+GeForce2 GTS |
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+GeForce2 Pro |
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+GeForce2 Ti |
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+GeForce2 Ultra |
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+GeForce2 MX Integrated graphics |
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+Quadro |
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+Quadro2 Pro |
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+Quadro2 EX |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+If you own one of these cards, you will have to mask the newer versions of the |
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+nVidia drivers, and install an older version: |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Masking newer drivers"> |
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+# <i>echo ">media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r4" >> /etc/portage/package.mask</i> |
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+# <i>echo ">media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.6629-r7" >> /etc/portage/package.mask</i> |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>Installing the Appropriate Drivers</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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<p> |
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-Now it's time to install <c>nvidia-kernel</c> and <c>nvidia-glx</c>. Since |
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-<c>nvidia-glx</c> depends on <c>nvidia-kernel</c>, installing <c>nvidia-glx</c> |
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-is sufficient: |
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+Now it's time to install <c>nvidia-kernel</c> and <c>nvidia-glx</c>. Since |
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+<c>nvidia-glx</c> depends on <c>nvidia-kernel</c>, installing <c>nvidia-glx</c> |
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+is sufficient. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Installing the nVidia modules"> |
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<impo> |
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Every time you <uri link="/doc/en/kernel-upgrade.xml">compile a new |
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kernel</uri> or recompile the current one, you have to run <c>emerge |
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-nvidia-kernel</c> to reinstall the nVidia modules. nvidia-glx is unaffected by |
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-a kernel change and doesn't even need to be rebuilt when you recompile/upgrade |
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-X. |
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+nvidia-kernel</c> to reinstall the nVidia modules. <c>nvidia-glx</c> is |
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+unaffected by a kernel change and doesn't even need to be rebuilt when you |
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+recompile/upgrade X. |
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</impo> |
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<p> |
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<p> |
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Next, in section <c>Screen</c>, make sure that either the <c>DefaultDepth</c> |
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-directive is set to 16 or 24, or that you only have <c>Display</c> subsections |
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-with <c>Depth</c> settings of 16 or 24. Without it, the nvidia-glx extensions |
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+directive is set to 16 or 24, or that you only have <c>Display</c> subsections |
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+with <c>Depth</c> settings of 16 or 24. Without it, the nvidia-glx extensions |
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will not start. |
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</p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-To monitor your FPS, run <c>glxgears</c>. |
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+To monitor your FPS, run <c>glxgears</c>. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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