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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia-drivers vs. nouveau
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:02:12
Message-Id: 4F85FEEF.2030107@xunil.at
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia-drivers vs. nouveau by Nikos Chantziaras
1 Am 11.04.2012 23:38, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
2
3 > Note however that it's not obvious which version of nvidia-drivers to
4 > use. NVidia provides various different series of drivers. The drivers
5 > are versioned 96.*, 173.* and 295.*, and each version series is intended
6 > for different cards.
7 >
8 > If you have a relatively recent card (going back to approximately 2004),
9 > the 295 series are for you. Better make sure though. Visit this:
10 >
11 > http://www.nvidia.com/drivers
12 >
13 > select Linux and your card model and it will tell you which drivers you
14 > should use.
15
16 It is never "easy" ?
17
18 ;-)
19
20 # lspci
21
22 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT
23 430] (rev a1)
24
25
26 I currently run
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28 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.33
29
30 ... without any problems!
31
32 S