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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers problem on xorg 1.6.3.901-r2
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:30
Message-Id: 200911121457.28643.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers problem on xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 by Alex Schuster
1 On Thursday 12 November 2009 14:33:22 Alex Schuster wrote:
2 > > # grep EE Xorg.0.log
3 > > to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)
4 > > to load module "dri" (module does not exist, 0)
5 > > to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0)
6 >
7 > I read something here about dri and dri2 some days ago, but don't
8 > remember. I think they are not needed with nvidia-drivers or something
9 > like that.
10 >
11
12 Yes, dri and dri2 are not used by nvidia-drivers, they implement them itself.
13
14 But X will still try and look for them.
15
16 Best way to set up nvidia drivers from scratch is to install and run nvidia-
17 settings
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21 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers problem on xorg 1.6.3.901-r2 Arnau Bria <arnau@×××××××××.net>