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On 30/11/2013 00:55, Mick wrote: |
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> On Friday 29 Nov 2013 21:34:04 Dale wrote: |
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>> Chris Stankevitz wrote: |
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>>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> I'm reading all these messages about Nvidia driver versions causing |
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>>>> problems and I'm wondering if for my next box I should just stick with |
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>>>> radeon, which has not really given me any trouble for as long as I can |
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>>>> remember. |
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>>> Mick, |
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>>> I've been running nvidia-drivers on my Gentoo laptop for three years |
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>>> and have two major problems: |
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>>> |
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>>> 1. Any particular nvidia driver version is only compatible with only |
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>>> certain kernel versions. This condition is due to the way the NVIDIA |
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>>> driver works. Gentoo portage was just not designed to handle such a |
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>>> rule "package x requires kernel y" so it is left to us users to deal |
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>>> with via masks. For some reason (?) I only had to deal with this rule |
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>>> during the period ~July 2013 - October 2013. |
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>>> |
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>>> 2. The latest stable version of the nvidia drivers do not allow |
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>>> gnome-terminal windows to close. This problem too just started |
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>>> happening after years of trouble-free gnome-terminal closing. |
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>>> It is frustrating... but I'm stuck with NVIDIA-drivers because I use |
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>>> CUDA. If 1) this sort of thing bothers you and 2) radeon doesn't have |
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>>> similar problems, then by all means please switch to radeon and let us |
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>>> know how it goes! |
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>>> PS: Installing the CUDA runtime and SDK is easier on Gentoo than on |
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>>> any other linux distro. |
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>>> Chris |
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>> I to have been using Nvidia video cards for years with little problem. |
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>> Lately tho, my motto has started showing. If it ain't working, switch |
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>> to something else. I like Nvidia cards but if they won't work right, |
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>> that's a problem. |
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>> Mick, if you switch, let us know how it went. I know at one time Radeon |
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>> cards were a nightmare. That was a while back tho. No clue on current |
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>> things although I hear about less problems too. |
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>> Dale |
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> Sorry, I seem to not have made myself clear: I always have owned ati-radeon |
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> cards, for reasons of pure coincidence I guess. I remember having some |
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> problems with the (very) early radeon driver but for the best part of 10 years |
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> now and multiple PCs I have not really had any problems. I don't play games |
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> and do not use blender or any 3D intensive software. Friends who play games |
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> swear by NVidia and won't use anything else. |
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> I am about to build a new rig and have been flirting with the idea of going |
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> NVidia this time. I'm not sure CUDA will make a noticeable difference (will |
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> it? on a quad core CPU?) so if I go for NVidia it will be because it is a new |
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> thing for me to try. However, with all these reports of problems here and in |
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> other forums I am having second thoughts ... |
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CUDA isn't a magic drop-in replacement for a CPU with added go-fast stripes. |
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Code is written to use CUDA. if not, it can't use it. |
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Your question should be "Do you intend to use software that is written |
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for and will benefit from CUDA"? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |