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On 29/11/2013 21:43, Mick wrote: |
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> On Friday 29 Nov 2013 16:39:11 Chris Stankevitz wrote: |
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>> On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Marc Stürmer <mail@×××××××××××××.de> wrote: |
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>>> When working under X11 in a terminal and I type "exit" in the shell, the |
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>>> terminal does not close itself anymore. |
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>> I had the same problem and fixed it with: |
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>> echo =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-331.20 >> /etc/portage/package.mask |
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>> This downgraded me to: |
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>> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-325.15 USE="X acpi (multilib) tools |
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>> -pax_kernel" |
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> I'm reading all these messages about Nvidia driver versions causing problems |
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> and I'm wondering if for my next box I should just stick with radeon, which |
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> has not really given me any trouble for as long as I can remember. |
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> |
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nVidia's stuff is not too bad actually, and nouveau is adequate for a |
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desktop if you don't need fancy 3D. |
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Two things give nVidia a bad rap (both unfairly IMHO) |
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1. The latest greatest drivers do often give trouble. What nVidia |
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considers stable is not what the world considers stable, it's better |
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described as "good enough to be released for testing".IOW about the same |
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as ~arch. Graphics hardware is hard to test, there's just so many of |
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them, so many code paths and so many X-server versions out there. nVidia |
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usually gets it right eventually, where "eventually" is definitely |
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"longer than one week" |
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2. They drop support quite early in current drivers for old cards and |
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relegate it to legacy drivers. This is their marketing strategy, they |
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chase the latest and greatest (it's a fast moving market and if you |
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snooze you lose). If your card is old enough to have no realistic |
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support at all, there's Nouveau. |
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So basically it a lot like the kernel. If you want the latest stuff, use |
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the latest driver and deal with any fallout. If you want stability, stay |
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two versions behind at least |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |