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From: Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:54:25
Message-Id: 45B2F0C1.9060409@exceedtech.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap by "»Q«"
1 »Q« wrote:
2 > In <news:20070121040830.15c77163@××××××××××.bg>,
3 > Rumen Yotov <rumen@××××××.org> wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:49:33 +0000 (UTC)
7 >> James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
8 >>
9 >>
10 >>> hello,
11 >>>
12 >>> I have a system using this card:
13 >>> "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
14 >>>
15 >>> and I want to use this card:
16 >>> "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
17 >>>
18 >>
19 >> Hi,
20 >> Currently don't have a NVidia card, but IIRC the former
21 >> uses: x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers, the latter:
22 >> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers.
23 >> But please check again, can't confirm.No other changed needed.
24 >>
25 >
26 > It looks like the GF2 MX 400 is supported by the current
27 > nvidia-drivers, so the legacy ones were never needed here.
28 >
29 > <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml#doc_chap2_sect4>
30 >
31 >
32 >
33
34 After he installs the new card, he may have to reemerge the drivers
35 though and reload the modules too.
36
37 Dale
38
39 :-) :-) :-)
40
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia card swap Norberto Bensa <nbensa@×××.net>