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the new drivers solve the nvidia problems with newer kernels too |
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On 7/8/06, Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote: |
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> Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> > I haven't noticed this ebuild before. I am seeing a new ebuild in |
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> > /usr/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers |
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> > Can someone explain this? I can only hope this is the end of a long |
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> > and troubling issue with xorg and nvidia-kernel. ???? I fear not, |
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> > however: (I am running with ~amd64) |
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> The nvidia driver maintainers decided to switch them to a single ebuild, |
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> since it matches how they're distributed and makes a number of issues |
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> easier related to maintainance, FreeBSD drivers and, for users, version |
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> mismatches between kernel module and userland driver. |
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> Also note the new nvidia-legacy-drivers package for older cards, so you |
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> don't need to fiddle around with package.mask anymore. |
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> > | RDEPEND="kernel_linux? ( virtual/modutils | |
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> > | || ( x11-base/xorg-server virtual/x11 | |
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> > | !>=x11-base/xorg-server-1.0.99 |
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> > | || ( media-libs/mesa virtual/x11 ) |
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> > | app-admin/eselect-opengl |
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> > | kernel_linux? ( !media-video/nvidia-kernel ) |
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> > | kernel_FreeBSD? ( !media-video/nvidia-freebsd ) |
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> > | !app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-nvidia |
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> > | !x11-drivers/nvidia-legacy-drivers |
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> > | !media-video/nvidia-glx" |
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> > Maybe I just didn't notice this before? I think not, however. I have |
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> > found a couple of messages on the forum referring to nvidia-drivers as |
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> > a new replacement (??) for nvidia-kernel/nvidia-glx. Does this mean a |
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> > major xorg downgrade? |
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> No binary drivers currently exist for use with xorg 7.1, so you'll need |
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> to downgrade xorg-server to 1.0.x and any drivers (`emerge portage-utils |
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> && qlist -I x11-drivers/`) if you want binary drivers. That's what's |
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> holding 7.1 from being marked stable on x86 and amd64. |
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> > I have nvidia drivers and glx working pretty well, with only very |
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> > minimal redrawing issues maybe two or three times over the last 24 |
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> > hours. Should one avoid any upgrade, or what? If so, HOW? |
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> Uninstall nvidia-* and install nvidia-drivers. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Donnie |
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