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Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 12/04/12 00:32, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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>> Am 11.04.2012 23:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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>>> Unless you need to use the console (nvidia-drivers don't provide a KMS |
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>>> fb console,) there's no reason to use Nouveau at the moment. The binary |
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>>> drivers perform better and save much more energy. With Nouveau, your |
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>>> GPU will be running full-on constantly. NVidia's drivers will reduce |
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>>> clocks and voltages when the card is idle. |
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>> Additional question: |
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>> what do you have for VIDEO_CARDS? |
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>> my make.conf: |
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>> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa" |
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> Mine: |
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> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" |
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> "nv" is for the old, deprecated 2D-only driver that should not be used |
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> anymore. "vesa" is for the generic VESA driver. It's still good as an |
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> emergency backup. |
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> Note that after changing VIDEO_CARDS, it's best to "emerge -uDN world && |
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> emerge -a --depclean". |
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Somewhat related question. I use the Nvidia drivers here and have not |
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had any issues in a while. How does one use VESA if the Nvidia drivers |
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fail? One used to change it in xorg.conf but most don't have a |
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xorg.conf any more. |
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Just curious. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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-- |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |
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