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On Friday 13 October 2006 05:12, Troy Curtis Jr wrote: |
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> I say in the newsletter that the stabilization of Xorg 7.1 was being |
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> held up until there where updated drivers for Nvidia that added |
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> support for this version. So does this mean that you MUST use the |
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> latest Nvidia driver to use Xorg 7.1? I know that I had an issue with |
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> the libraries not getting stuck in the right spot using legacy drivers |
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> with Xorg 7, but I assume there is some additional issue here am I |
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> correct? |
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> My problem is that I cannot use any driver after 7664 with my Geforce4 |
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> MX460, despite the fact that it is listed as one of the supported |
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> boards on the newer driver. Every time I try it, my screen goes blank |
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> and the system completely locks up. |
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> So I guess I have two questions: |
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> Does anyone know how to make 7664 work with Xorg 7.1 (I haven't tried it |
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> yet)? |
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> Does anyone know of some configuration I might be doing wrong that is |
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> preventing the new drivers from working? |
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The legacy drivers have also been updated. |
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They have also been moved to a new package that replaces the kernel and glx |
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package. |
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emerge -C nvidia-kernel nvidia-glx && emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers |
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