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On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 14:25 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> Is this the right page to follow for up-to-date installation |
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> instructions for a 6200-based card? |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml |
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> If it is then is it at all out of date in terms of xorg.conf setup |
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> for the newer xorg-server/hald setup, or is it OK? |
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I have the PCI version of the 6200, and I can confirm that 180.29 |
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(stable for my arch) work great as well as the vesa framebuffer. I had |
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problems with the uvesa framebuffer a few kernels back, and never got it |
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to work, though I haven't tried since. |
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The rest of the nvidia guide looks good, though I do not use the same |
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options as the guide for my xorg.conf configuration. For example, I've |
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never had to set the VideoRam option in the device section, and set |
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things such as NoLogo, RenderAccel, etc in the screen section. Take a |
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look at [1] for all the options. That's the amd64 version, though it |
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should be similar if not the same for other architectures. |
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I don't use hal, so I cannot comment on that. |
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I would recommend using the nvidia-xconfig utility to configure another |
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xorg.conf once you get a basic X display running. It works pretty well, |
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particularly regarding 3D settings and multiple monitors, so it's a good |
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starting point from which to customize. |
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[1]: |
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http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/180.29/README/appendix-b.html |
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Regards, |
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Brandon Vargo |
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