Re: [gentoo-amd64] OpenGL trouble (?)

["Hemmann, Volker Armin" <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Sunday 19 February 2006 18:20, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> So I've set up my opteron box and now (almost( everything is working, I've
> transfered my mail directory (this usually means I'm ready to start working
> with the machine :)
>
> I had some problems installing the nvidia driver - I have a 6600GT card and
> the driver that emerge would installed was apparently too old.
> So I backed up everything at tried the "officiel" Nvidia driver, and it
> works... mostly

so, instead of using /etc/portage/package.unmask you installed the driver 
directly?

I tell you what: that is really stupid.

Really, really stupid.

You DESERVE problems, if you did this.

Why?

Because: when you update the driver sometimes the nvidia driver forgets some 
files somewhere - resulting in direct rendering not working.

Even worse: some apps don't compile with the nvidia opengl libs and headers - 
so if you do it the gentoo way you could just 'eselect set opengl xorg-x11' 
and compile the app, but when you did it the nvidia way: congratulations, you 
can reinstall X now.

btw: I really do not understand why gentoo still uses the old drivers: they 
suck.

But that does not excuse using the nvidia installing method.


For your problems:
usually it helps replacing the sdl lib or openal with 'the systems one' or the 
ones in the emul-packages.
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