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On 05/15/2010 06:31 AM, Grant wrote: |
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> I'm seeing tearing from the nv xorg driver. I think it's because the |
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> glx and dri modules are failing to load, and I think that's because |
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> I'm missing a kernel option or two. Can anyone tell me what I might |
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> be missing in the kernel for an Nvidia card? |
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> BTW, the proprietary nvidia driver works great but I'd like to get nv |
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> working too. |
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A bit off-topic, but nv is dead upstream (NVidia dropped it). You might |
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want to look into the Nouveau open source driver if you have hardware |
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supported by it (it even supports 3D): |
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http://nouveau.freedesktop.org |
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It's better than the crappy "nv" driver by orders of magnitude. |
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