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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips?
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:00:27
Message-Id: 20111216215846.GA3029@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Any video optimization tips? by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:20:44PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote
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3 > You could try to install a recent kernel (3.1.5 for me) and enable
4 > the CONFIG_DRM_NOUVEAU=y (it's a staging driver, just search for it
5 > by entering / in the make menuconfig environment).
6 >
7 > Then re-emerge the x11-drivers/xf86-video-nouveau driver.
8
9 The instructions at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml do
10 mention the staging Nouveau driver, and I did enable it.
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13 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>