Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] X.Org 1.4 with Nvidia?
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:13:18
Message-Id: 20071003105642.767814d0@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] X.Org 1.4 with Nvidia? by Alexander Skwar
1 On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:36:19 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
2
3 > Now x11-base/xorg-server-1.4-r2 is in the tree. And also a new version
4 > of nvidia-drivers (nvidia-drivers-100.14.19).
5
6 100.14.19 had a serious bug with Xv output, in that it doesn't work. this
7 isn't a major problem with the likes of mplayer where you can change
8 the output driver, but MythTV won't show anything with this driver.
9
10 > Does anyone know, if it's now "safe" to use xorg 1.4 with
11 > nvidia-drivers?
12
13 I've been using 100.14.11 with xorg-server-1.4 with no problems. You have
14 to edit the nvidia-drivers ebuild to stop is wanting an earlier
15 xorg-server and add -ignoreABI to your X startup command.
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19 Neil Bothwick
20
21 Strangely enough, Data finds himself relating to Heavy Metal.

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