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On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:52:57AM -0400, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> > On Wednesday 15 Jun 2016 11:05:13 covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > > You can't use the nouveau drivers and the nvidia driver at the same |
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> > > time, so this is the problem. I did try that once, but at the time |
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> > > which was quite a while ago, it didn't work. |
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> > Perhaps I've missed it, but is there any reason you must have nvidia-drivers |
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> > rather than nouveau? |
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> I have a nvidia card, so I need the nvidia drivers, unless I am missinng |
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> something? |
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The nvidia drivers are the proprietary drivers produced by NVIDIA; the |
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nouveau drivers are the open-source version. Typically, the nouveau |
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driver works as well as the nouveau, except in some high-intensity |
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(generally 3D) environments. As you know, you cannot use both at the |
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same time, but you can have them installed at the same time. Just |
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blacklist the kernel modules of one or the other to test each. |
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