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On 12/04/12 01:55, Dale wrote: |
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> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>> On 12/04/12 00:32, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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>>> Am 11.04.2012 23:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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>>>> Unless you need to use the console (nvidia-drivers don't provide a KMS |
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>>>> fb console,) there's no reason to use Nouveau at the moment. The binary |
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>>>> drivers perform better and save much more energy. With Nouveau, your |
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>>>> GPU will be running full-on constantly. NVidia's drivers will reduce |
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>>>> clocks and voltages when the card is idle. |
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>>> Additional question: |
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>>> |
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>>> what do you have for VIDEO_CARDS? |
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>>> my make.conf: |
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>>> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa" |
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>> Mine: |
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>> VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" |
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>> "nv" is for the old, deprecated 2D-only driver that should not be used |
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>> anymore. "vesa" is for the generic VESA driver. It's still good as an |
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>> emergency backup. |
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>> Note that after changing VIDEO_CARDS, it's best to "emerge -uDN world&& |
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>> emerge -a --depclean". |
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> Somewhat related question. I use the Nvidia drivers here and have not |
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> had any issues in a while. How does one use VESA if the Nvidia drivers |
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> fail? One used to change it in xorg.conf but most don't have a |
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> xorg.conf any more. |
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You have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory though. You can put |
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snippets in it with the *.conf extension and X.Org will read it when it |
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starts. For my GPU setting for example, I use |
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/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/gpu.conf. It has a "Device" section in with: |
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Driver "nvidia" |
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This can be changed to "vesa" at any time. |
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